C  G  C  Em  G

[Verse]
C
He takes another drink
   G
Of what, who knows, no time to think
      F#m            Bm
He'll wake up here tomorrow
Am
Always alone
C
The letter next to him
  G
Begins: "I miss you, Evelyn"
     F#m             Bm
Then nothing more is written
        Am/E
This is no TV show
        C/G
This is real and he knows

[Pre-Chorus]
        D
And the shadows from the window

Are casting shapes just like a puppet show

[Chorus]
C                                       G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
C                                       G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh

[Verse]
C
Decisions he has made
    G
The failures of a new decade
  F#m            Bm
Inform his every movement
       Am          Am7
He has visions of atonement
C
The television says:
   G                   Gadd4
"Beware, we're in our final days"
      F#m           Bm
And a Blonde Canary Game Show
Am
Fills up the screen
             C/G
Oh Lord, she must be sixteen

[Pre-Chorus]
        D
And the shadows from the window

Are casting shapes just like a puppet show

[Chorus]
C                                      G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
C                                      G   Gadd4
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh

[Bridge]
      C
And believing he could
   Em        Am
He painfully stood
C
Holding the frame
                       D
And launched his aging body into the rain

[Verse]
C
She couldn't take the facts
    G
She just could not keep up the act
    F#m            Bm
She goes about her business
       Am
She is never alone
            C/G
And this is no TV show

[Pre-Chorus]
        D
And the shadows from the window

Still casting shapes just like a puppet show

[Chorus]
C                                       G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
C                  Em                   G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhhhh
C                                       G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
C                  Em                   G
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh