Cruel And Uncomplicated

Em                      Bm                    Em
The soft ache of a phantom limb
   Bm            C
Came upon me again
     Em              D
And in a burst of benzo
         C
Crawled up under my skin
     Em               Bm               Em
The soft ache of your name...
Bm                            Cmaj7
Last night I dreamt I was dying
           Em                D
And the liquor just made me shiver
        C
Under the strobe


[Pre-Chorus]
            Bm
You came out of the past
Cmaj7
Rolled in like a river
 Em                          D
Boring a hole through my ozone layer
Bm              Cmaj7                              Em
Out of the past, dripping like a dog in the moonlight
                    D
Or the absence of love
    Bm                  C             Bm             Cmaj7
But, gurl, I would John Wall this club to the ground
         Cmaj7              Cmaj7
If it'd burn you memory down

[Chorus 1]
       Em
Hey, mama
     D              Cmaj7
I miss you, that's all
  Cmaj7                    Em                  G
It only happens when the moon's this full
              Bm                   Cmaj7                 Am
Or when the rain falls hard as new year's bullets
                C                   G
And the sky is red
           Em                Am
When I imagine it, it's so
             Cmaj7
Cruel and uncomplicated

[Instrumental]
Em     Bm     Em      Bm


[Bridge]
Am              Cmaj7                G              Em
I'm gonna be lonely when I don't know you anymore
      Am      C             G
Will you unglue when I am just
     Em               Am
A piece of the past?
              Cmaj7
And does it ever end?
     Am          C
Of course it does
         G
It did
                  Em               Am
But I could not imagine it, my love
Cmaj7
Us being strangers


[Solo]
Em        Bm        Em           Bm
Cmaj7     Cmaj7       Em            D
Cmaj7     Cmaj7       Em            D
Cmaj7     Cmaj7       Em            D
C         Cmaj7        D            B

[Verse 2]
Em                   Bm                  Em
In a gentle wisp, the ghost then fades
Bm                    Cmaj7
Into something like 'time'
        Em
Forgive me
D                 Cmaj7
I am unsure of my mind
     Em                   Bm                  Em
The soft ache and the moon
    Bm                     Cmaj7
Suppose I say to you, 'Brooklyn'
    Em
'Encinitas'
                     D
Or 'endless summer'
                   Cmaj7
We couldn't know...

[Pre Chorus 2]
                Bm
Then you come out of the past
    C
Roll in like a river
  Em                        D
Boring a hole through my ozone layer
         Bm
But it's alright
       C               Em
I forever reside in my mind
                D
Yes, all the time
         Bm          C
In the land where you love me
             Bm                      Cmaj7     C
When you thought I would take Manhattan
             Cmaj7
Like a muppet


[Chorus 2]
       Em
Hey, mama
     D                 Cmaj7
We lost it, that's all
            Cmaj7          Em           D
It started fading on the beach that fall
            Am                    Cmaj7
Before it blew apart like the princesses planet
Am         C           G
My empty head
          Em                    Am
Could not imagine we could be so
            C                G           Em
Cruel and uncomplicated
Am             C             G           Em
Cruel and uncomplicated
Am             C
Cruel and uncomplicated

[Outro]
Em         Bm        Em         Bm



No Capo

  Em = F#m
  Bm = C#m
  C  =  D
Cmaj7= Dmaj7
  D  =  E
  G  =  A
  B  = C#
  Am = Bm