Milemarking

Banner Pilot

tom:

E -    022100
B -    x24442
C#m -  x46654
A -    x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
G#m -  466444


[Intro]
E A E/G# E

then
C#m E B A  x2

then
C#m E B A  x2


[Verse 1]
C#m                 E
   I've chased this blue
              B
moon down all night
            A
Have I been gaining
    C#m
any ground? Your picture
    E            B
is stapled to my dash
                 A
I'm done killing time
in gray ghost towns


[Refrain 1]
A             C#m
  I'm heading south
             B
in search of life
A              C#m
  The blinding turns
             B
the twisting knives
Now I'm just driving
straight on


[Chorus 1]
E
  I'll scrape the freezing rain
C#m
  from off this windowpane
G#m
  A couple states from sane
A
  eyes aching drift awaken
E
  Until the ice bleeds blue
C#m
  until the green shoots
       G#m
through  until I get to you
A
  I'll brace for your screen door


[Post Chorus]
C#m E B A  x2


[Verse 2]
C#m         E                  B
   Gravity struck I rolled downhill
                 A
Seen depths I've never seen before
C#m             E               B
   It's hard to warm against concrete
                A
Can't wrap your arms around a floor


[Refrain 1]
A          C#m           B
  So now I beat a fast retreat
A         C#m           B
  Back to SLP and your street
Can you can you just hold on?


[Chorus 2]
E
  I'll scrape the freezing rain
C#m
  from off this windowpane
G#m
  A couple states from sane
A
  eyes aching drift awaken
E
  Until the ice bleeds blue
C#m
  until the green shoots
       G#m
through  until I get to you
A
  I'll brace for your screen door


[Instrumental]
C#m A E B  x2


[Refrain 3]
A        C#m            B
  Living reckless and naive
A             C#m        B
  It's always so easy to leave
but then it's hard to get back


[Chorus 3/Outro]
E
  I closed my eyes and I looked
   C#m
at you counted up all of my
   G#m
mistakes Choked some more muddy
       A
coffee back and I did my best
              E
just to stay awake
                      C#m
If I could just stay awake
                      G#m
If I could just stay awake
If I could just stay
      A
Don't know why I left you
E                       C#m
  If I could just stay awake
                      G#m
If I could just stay awake
If I could just stay
      A                  E
Don't know why I left you