- No Capo -
Intro:
C - F - Am -Am (Repeat 4x)
C F Am Am
Smeared black ink
C F Am
Your face is ashen and I'm barely listening
C F Am
To last demands
C F
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
Am Am
What's buried underneath
C F G G
Where I am
C F G G
Where I am
C F Am Am
I'll wear my badge
C F Am
A vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
C F Am
That tells your new friends
C F
I am a visitor here
Am
I am not permanent
C F Am
And the only thing
C F Am
Keeping me dry is
C F G G
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
[You seem so out of context]
C F G G
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
[A stranger with your door key]
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/the-district-sleeps-alone-tonight-birdy.php
C F G G
Where I am (why I was the one worth leaving)
[And I am finally seeing]
F C
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
Am G F
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
Am G F D
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
C F G G
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
[You seem so out of context]
C F G G
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
[A stranger with your door key]
C F G G C
Where I am (why I was the one worth leaving)
[And I am finally seeing]
F C
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
Am F G ( Dm ) Am
The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights
F G Am
And leave the autos swerving into the loneliest evening
Am F G F Am
And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving
G F C
Why I was the one worth leaving
G F C
Why I was the one worth leaving
G F C
Why I was the one worth leaving
Outro:
F - Dm - Am7 - C