Classic Cars Chords by Bright Eyes

[A] _ _ [E] She was a real royal lady, [A] true patron of the arts
[G#m] Said the best country singers [C#m] die in the back of [A] classic cars
[E] So if I ever got too hungry [A] for a suitcase or guitar
To [E] think of him [B] all alone [E] in the dark
_ [B] So [E] I laid some nights beside her in [A] a bed made for a queen
[B] She said I kissed her different [C#] than all the men her [A] age will meet
[E] Gave me anything I wanted, [A] oh the generosity
I [E] took all [B] that I could, it [E] was free
_ _ Now the skies are torn up denim [A] and the clouds just splattered paint
[B] It's [G#m] a room I'm renovating, [C#m] it's a name I [A] gotta change
[E] If I get out of California, [A] I'm going back to my home state
To [E] tell them all [B] that I made [E] a mistake
And I'll keep looking [A] for that blindfold of faith
[B] Lighting candles to a cynical saint
[E] Who wants a last laugh [B] at the fly traps [C#m] in Marinda [A]
City
You [B] can go right out your mind, trying to escape _
[E] From the [B] panic [G#] paradox [C#m] of day to [A] day _
You can't [B] understand something, then it's best to [E] be afraid
[B] The [C#m] _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] whole world, it loves you [A] if you're a sheep chameleon
_ [G#m] _ Intersecting [B] circles, [C#m] she could hang with [A] anyone
But [E] when conducting business, [A] she would lie about where she's from
[E] Saying life [B] is how it is, [E] not how it was
_ _ [F#] _ [E] I learned to listen, [A] felt like I was back at school
[B] She'd talk forever [C#m] about the phases of the [A] moon
[E] Saying everything's a cycle, you [A] gotta let it come to you
And [E] when it does, you [B] will know [E] what to do
_ _ [B] [E] I started even knowing, [A] I guess I took up her advice
[B] [F#m] Painted a [B] front door, [C#m] it seemed a suitable [A] goodbye
[E] It's not that often, [A] but I think I hurt sometimes
Just [E] something quaint, [B] a couple ships [E] in the night
And they keep moving at [A] a glacial pace
Turning [B] circles in a memory maze
[E] I made a new cast [B] of a death mask, [E] it's gonna cover [A] my face
[B] I had to change the combination to the [E] same
[B] [E] I fall [B] behind [C] a wall, [A] but people wait _
[B] Enough to trust a heart so [E] bent it can't break
[B] _ [E] _ _