Prophetstown

B F# G#m F# E G#m F# (2x) B It's a sordid sort of feeling F# G#m When you learn to live with spite. F# E It's a desperate kind of living G#m F# When you're burning up the night. B Getting sick of all the drinking F# G#m Getting sicker every day. E F# B Cause I can't say the things I really want to say B F# G#m I remember when Chicago seemed a million miles away F# E G#m F# I was chained by quiet longing on that Independence Day B F# G#m A month across the country built in all I learned from you E F# B I sang those thoughts away just like I always do. B E It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime. G#m F# But I'll remember every step B E I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the country G#m F# Please just remember I'm not the one who left, and I never will B F# G#m F# E G#m F# (2x) B F# G#m All the aches and shits and quivers hurdle in with morning light F# E G#m F# and a somber sense of longing steals my breath and grips my spine B F# G#m I can feel the salty ocean suck the moisture from my skin E F# B And I know staying here will surely do us in B/C C#m E B F# E And I walked on down to that lonely shoal, where my best hopes go to die C#m E B F# E I thought I will keep you in my pen, until the ink wells all go dry B F# B And I'll keep it like a secret every day B E It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime. G#m F# But I'll remember every step B E I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the country G#m F# Please just remember I'm not the one who left B And I never will