Chapter 13 The Hero Appears

Am
the well went dry
C                  G
the blood thinned out
                   Am
I scrapped through
            F
a thousand layers
           C        G
of paint-like years
Am            F
the secret's in
C          G
congested grins
  Am                F              C          G
I....I'm trying to find places to breathe now

[Chorus]

C            F
and if this were a book
     C                  F
I'd call this song the final chapter
Am          Em
and if you read it
          F
you'd be laughin'
C            G      Am
if it could end right now
C         G        Am
the last lines would be

[Verse]

Am       F
my body jolted in
C           G
and out of stolen sound waves
Am           F        C
the world expands or shrinks
        G
on any given Monday
Am       F              C        G
Tuesday evening dyes a room blue
Am        F              C       G
Friday's window has its own view

[Chorus]

C            F
and if this were a book
     C                  F
I'd call this song the final chapter
Am          Em
and if you read it
          F
you'd be laughin'
C            G      Am
if it could end right now
C         G        Am
the last lines would be

[Refrain]

C           G            Am
good friend, how loud do
              F
you want life
             C
to shout her
G           Am      F
answers in your ear

[Verse]

Am                                 F
streetlights are streaming by on stiff necks
Am                           F
connected blurs brand the design of things
C        Dm
keep on counting them
F
Or maybe hold your breath
C             Dm          F
I'm trying to exhale you softly
C     Dm
don't be so vain
F
I'm not impressed in past-tense
C       Dm         F
.....I don't do impressions

[Bridge]

C         G         F
.....the blood has dried (good friend, how loud do)
C          G                  F
now I can wash my hands with tears you cried (you want life to shout her)
Am            G           F
if you could frame this feeling (good friend, how loud do)
Am       G              F
.....at night it would whisper to me

[Refrain]

C           G            Am
good friend, how loud do
              F
you want life
             C
to shout her
G           Am      F
answers in your ear
C           G            Am
good friend, how loud do
              F
you want life
             C
to shout her
G           F       Em
answers in your ear