Phoenix

Intro is simple, A Bm Dsus2 Aadd4 played twice. A Bm Dsus2 Aadd4 A Bm From the corner of 3rd and Washington Dsus2 Aadd4 You can't see where your brother went Bm Out somewhere past the beat cops Dsus2 Aadd4 And beautiful women who work for the government A E They walk by in air-conditioned tunnels B That are archived above the street D While I sweat in my hot coffee E And daydream about how we might meet A Bm Dsus2 Aadd4 2x A Bm Your mother asked for a picture Dsus2 Aadd4 She says "today's your birthday" Bm In some strung out western stutter Dsus2 Aadd4 Making all the world her ashtray A E She adjusts her aviators B With an absent shaking hand Dsus2 Tilts the camera forward forty-five degrees E And calls out modeling commands A Bm Dsus2 Aadd4 2x A Bm When we used to go to parties Dsus2 Aadd4 You'd spend an hour before the mirror Bm And I'd drink your gin Dsus2 Aadd4 And ask about your high school souvenirs A E Tacked on the wall above the bed B An old Inkjet collage Dsus2 But you were never much for talking E So I knelt to your mirage A Bm Dsus2 Aadd4 2x A Bm We'd walk the three blocks westbound Dsus2 Aadd4 In the moonlit Philly fall Bm And the party would be grand Dsus2 Aadd4 All our friends would grin with pride A E All our friends would be so drunk B And have such pleasant things to say Dsus2 And at last, we'd see each other E In the way that we had dreamed to be seen A Bm Dsus2 Aadd4 2x A Bm Those nights your house kept secret Dsus2 Aadd4 We'd stumble up the stairs Bm My hands tore through your records Dsus2 Aadd4 While your hands unpinned your hair A E The both of us still green enough B To remove the other's clothes Dsus2 A quiet signal of devotion E That I am happy to have known