White Room Chords by Hugh Cornwell, Robert Williams

In [C] a white [Bb] room with [Am] blackboard,
[Fm] _ _ [C] conversation.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Ab] [C] Black-billed country, [Bb] no [F] bold names,
[Ab] [Bb] quiet [C] silence.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ [F] _
_ [C] Silver [Bb] horses,
land [F] down on [Fm] its [C] dead [Bb] horse.
_ [A] _ _
[Fm] _ [C] Elwood smiling [Bb] at [A] me.
[F] _
[Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Awake in [F] this place
[Ab] where the sun _ [G] never shines.
_ [Bb] Wait in [C] this place
where [Ab] the _ shadows
[Gm] _
float [C] from the [F] sun. _ _ _
[C] You said no [Bb] strings,
[A] it's a [F] _
game,
at [C] this station.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Fm] _ [C] Blackboard [F] tickets,
restless pieces,
[Ab] [Gm] through [C] bar windows.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Ab] I [C] walked into
_ [Bb] [Am] such a sad [Ab] time
[C] at this [Bb] station.
_ [Am] _ _
[Fm] _ [C] As I walked off,
[F] felt my own [Fm] _ [C] deathly [Bb] wound.
_ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ Await [F] in the queue
when [Ab] the train
[Bb] comes [G] back.
_ [Bb] Fly _ [F] with you
when [Ab] the _ _ [Gm] shadows
float [C] from the sun.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ At the [C] [Bb] party,
she [A] _ [F]
descends
[C] the arch.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] Consolation
[F] from the old [Fm] queen [C] of _ [Bb] _ [F] Berkaheim. _
_ [C] Yellow [Bb] tigers,
[F] frowning sunbeams
[C] in the dark [Bb] night.
_ [A] _
[Fm] She's _ [C] expressing
[Bb] _ [Am] goodbye in [Ab] the [C] night sky.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ [Fm] _
_ [Bb] I'll sleep _ [F] in this place
[Ab] when the _ _ [G] lonely crowds
_ [Bb] cry _ in the [F]
dark
[Ab] when the _ _ [Gm] shadows
run [C] from the sun.
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Sssssssssssssssssss.
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