Babylon

Intro: 
D A F#m G 


 
D                   A 
 The casino doesn't like when you run the tables 
F#m                                 G 
   And though the box is wrapped up nice, it's just a cage to you 
D                      A 
 Those electric fences buzz, the stallions leave the stable 
F#m                           G 
   And that small town's even smaller now in your rearview 
Bm                     A 
  You ran with all the wild things 
            F#m                           G 
A liberated libertine who then longed for home 
 

 
                         D 
'Cause it's where you're from 
                                  A 
Aunt Virginia with a church dress on 
                                          F#m 
No elbows on the table, and the neighbors lawn always looked better 
                  G 
Your hand-me-down sweater should've been from the mall 
                  D                                                       A 
And you hate this song, but you wake up on the train with your headphones gone 
                            Em 
Then that melody is all you want 
                               G               D 
You never knew that it was Babylon 'til it was gone 
 

 
D                          A 
 Give the people what they want, then you keep it movin' 
F#m                               G 
   Make your plans and friends of strangers, makeup on your tie 
D                      A 
 Twenty watches in the safe 'cause your time is money 
F#m                     G 
   Love is ice upon the ladder that you need to climb 
Bm                    A                          F#m 
  She captured your attention, so free of all pretension 
               G                          D 
It stopped you cold because she loved you so 
 

 
                                    A 
Pretty as a picture that you didn't post 
                                         Bm 
Looking at you like you're made of solid gold 
                                        G 
Never official, you mention that you're single to the girls at the bar 
              D                                                       A 
You hate this song, but you wake up on the train with your headphones gone 
                            Em 
Then that melody is all you want 
                               G               A    F#m D 
You never knew that it was Babylon 'til it was gone 
 

 
       A        G                                  A F#m D 
You're using nostalgia as a weapon to hurt yourself 
    A      G 
But darling, you end up hurting everybody else 
A         F#m           D     A         G 
 The self-harm of never being where you are 
                                         A 
It's bedtime, but you're sitting in your car 
                           G 
You're missing all the best parts 
 

 
                   D 
And they're all at home 
                                         A 
She's hanging Christmas lights with your son 
                                    Bm 
Sneak into the bathroom to call her mom 
                                          G 
And say, "It's not working, it's just not worth it if we're not what he wants" 
                  D                                                   A 
But you love this song, you wake up on the train with your headphones gone 
                            Em 
Then that melody is all you want 
                               G                 D 
You never knew that it was Babylon now it's almost gone  


                                  A 
Aunt Virginia with a church dress on 
                                          Bm 
No elbows on the table, and the neighbors lawn always looked better 
                  G 
Your hand-me-down sweater should've been from the mall 

 
                  D                                              A 
But you love this song, you wake up on the train and you're all alone 
                            Em 
Then that melody is all you want 
                              G                D 
You never knew that it was Babylon 'til it was gone