Terminal Chords by Rupert Holmes

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] I've come back this [C#m] morning to where I [F#m] first came alive
_ _ [D#] Here within [G#m] this terminal [D] where [C#m] the buses arrive
I _ _ [F#] _ was a commuter [A] on the 804
[F#] Worked for a computer [B] on the [Bm] 19th [B] floor
[E] And you came down [G#m] the aisle of the [C#m] bus
And [F#m] you sat _ by my side
_ _ [D#] _ Shoulder up [G#m] to shoulder we shared [C#m] that 9 o'clock ride
_ _ _ [F#] Oh my heart was screaming [A] as you left your seat
[F#] _ Following your movements [B] I [Bm] was at your [B] feet
[E] And oh, [B] _ [C#m] down into the [G#m] [F#m] terminal both of us filed
[D#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ So, we entered [C#] the terminal [F#m] just as [G#m] you [F#m] smiled
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F] _
[B] _ _ [E] Won't you leave [G#m] off work [C#m] for the day [F#m] you asked _ of me then _
_ [D#] So I [F#m] phoned [G#m] in sick on the way to [C#m] the home of a friend _ _ _
[F#] We were all alone from [A] 10am till 3
_ [F#] Really thought the fire [Bm] had gone out of me
[B] But [E] you awoke the [C#m] sleep of my life from [F#m] grey _ into red _
_ Made the weary [G#m] wonder of Wall [Bm] Street [C#m] rise from the dead _ _ _ _
[F#] Could have held a body my [A] entire life
[F#] But I had to get [B] home to [E] the kids [Bm] and the [B] wife
[E] And so I [C#m] left for the terminal [F#m] where I began
[D#] _ _ Baby [G#m] no, _ I [C#] wouldn't have left if [F#m] I'd been [G#m] half a man
[F#m] _ [G#m] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [F] _ _ [E] So here I am this [C#m] morning where love [F#m] had asked _ for the dance
_ _ Here within this [G#m] terminal where I [C#m] passed on a chance _
_ _ _ [F#] Lord I'll never find her [A] though I truly tried
[F#] Probably she's found [B] another bus to ride
And [E] I am now [C#m] about to begin the [F#m] last _ of my days
_ [D#] _ I'm within [G#m] what others would [D] call [C#m] a terminal phase _ _
_ [F#] I myself can only say [A] it's living dead
[F#] Riding to the office [Bm] with a song in my [B] head [E] that goes
_ _ [C#m] La da da da da [F#m] da da da da da
_ [D#] And you know it [G#m] flows
_ La [C#] da da da da [F#m] da da da [G#m] da [A] da
_ _ [E]
Oh, _ _ [C#m] la da da da da [F#m] da da da da da
[D#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
Oh, la [C#] da da da [F#m] da da da [G#m] da da _ [F#m] Oh
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [N] _ _