The Mountain Goats - Alibi

^EI got off work just past 1^C#m1 laid one finger to the breeze ^AYou can almost taste the action^F#m on nights like ^Bthese ^ETrees were bending in the wind ^C#myou were 40 miles away

^AAnd I was headed your direction ^F#mI’d been waiting all ^Bday I’d been waiting all ^Eday

^EMoon over West Covina^C#m was huge and white ^AAnd I was like a patient on a table ^F#mheaded for the ^Blight ^ELeaned toward the center divider ^C#mfeel the wind in my hair ^AKeep a light up in your window ^F#mI'm gonna be right ^Bthere, I'm gonna be right ^Ethere

^EWith a ^Amgleam in my eye and ^Ean al^C#mmost airt^Aight ^Balibi E C#m A B E

^EDown by the chemistry building^C#m I found a quiet place to park ^AAnd I made my way down the street toward your place ^F#mstepping lightly in the ^Bdark ^EClimbed up the steps to your doorway like a ^C#mman prepared to jump beneath a train ^AIts real warm outside tonight ^F#mmaybe tomorrow it ^Brains maybe tomorrow it ^Erains

^EInside your room we shut the window ^C#mand we turned on a fan ^AAnd we lay there together in the darkness ^F#mI can keep a secret If ^Byou can ^EFinishing one another's sentences like a ^C#mpair of identical twins ^AYour boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday ^F#mAnd nobody saw ^Bme come in, nobody saw me come ^Ein

^EWith a ^Amgleam in my eye and ^Ean al^C#mmost airt^Aight ^Balibi