Am             E              C
I can hear the slamming of a door
Dm                     C          E
I can see the end of a prank I already fell for
F                      C           Dm
But I don't have to sleep at Belshazar's house anymore
Dm          C        E7
Gave up the center line
Am            E                C
I moved out on my own for the first time
Dm                C            E
A view out on the back of a hotel sign
F             C            Dm
Got a dozen broken clocks lined up in a line
Dm          C           E
I got a feeling that people can be awful nice!


[Chorus]
Am              E            C         Dm
Let's speed it up so we can slow back down
F              G         C           E
Kafka on the shore, ah Kafka on the shore!
Am              E            C         Dm                  F
Rising up for rising down, you're speeding up to slow back down
   G         C      E
Oh Kafka on the shore


[Verse 2]
Am                     E                C
Your spot's reserved inside a buzzard's beak
                   Dm              C     E
You're fluent in a language that dies every time you speak
F                    C              Dm
You're fluent in a language that dies every time you speak
Dm              C       E7
Sticking to the center line
Am               E                C
My neighbor's always leaving a light on
             Dm            C        E
Is that my best friend's face on a Trinitron?
F           C                 Dm
Everybody says he should get back where he belongs
F                 C        E
We're still good friends! Ah look out friend!


[Chorus]
Am              E            C         Dm
Let's speed it up so we can slow back down
F   G         C           E
Kafka on the shore, ah Kafka on the shore!
Am      E            C         Dm
Rising up so we can rise back down
F   G         C      E7
Oh Kafka on the shore


[Bridge]
C                   F
Never said it would be
C                   F
Never said it would be
C                   F
Never said it would be

Dm           C
Everybody wants to see him
Dm           C
Everybody wants to see him
Dm               C
We're still good friends
E7
Ah look out friend!


[Chorus]
Am              E            C         Dm
Let's speed it up so we can slow back down
F   G         C           E
Kafka on the shore, ah Kafka on the shore!
Am      E            C         Dm
Rising up so we can rise back down
F   G         C      E7
Oh Kafka on the shore