The Center Of The World bright eyes
Lyrics and guitar chords
G
Bm
Am
C
D
Em OR Em
B
E ---3----2----5----3----5----7------0----2---
B ---3----3----5----5----7----8------0----4---
G ---4----4----5----5----7----9------0----4---
D ---5----4----7----5----7----9------2----4---
A ---5----2----7----3----5----7------2----2---
E ---3----x----5----x----x----x------0----x---
G
At the center of the Bm
world there's a statue of a Am
girlShe is standing near a
C
well with a D
bucket bare and G
dryI went and looked her in the
Bm
eyes and she turned me into Am
sandThis clumsy form that I des
C
pise, it scattered D
easy in her G
handIt came to rest upon a
Bm
beach with a million others Am
thereWe sat and waited for the
C
sea to stretch out so that D
we could disapG
pearInto the endlessness of
Bm
blue into the horror of the Am
truthSee, we are far less than we
C
knew, yeah, we are D
far less than we Em
knewEm
But we knew what we could C
tasteEm
Girls found honey to drench our handsThe men cut marble to mark our
B
gravesB
Said we'll need something to reG
mind us ofAll the sweetness that has
B
passed through usThe priests dressed children for a
Em
choirBut found no joy in what was
B
sungB
The C
funeral D
had D
beG
gunG
In the middle of the Bm
day when you drive home to your Am
placeFrom that job that makes you
C
sleep back to the D
thoughts that keep you aG
wakeLong after night has come to
Bm
claim any light that still reAm
mainsIn the corner of the
C
frame that you D
put around her G
faceTwo
Bm
pills just weren't enoughThe
Am
alarm clock's going off but you're not waking upThis isnt
C
happening happening happening happening D
happeningIt is
G
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