Colossus Of Roads

	  		Intro: G  C  Am  Cmaj7 


Verse 1:
 
G 
Hold my head like a live wire, 
     Cmaj7 
Duck quick now I hear gunfire. 
Am 
Caught somewhere in the space between 
Cmaj7 
Do you love me and do you love me? 


Verse 2:
G 
Everything is advancing, 
C 
I love to see you out dancing. 
        Asus4 
There's women up in the mountains, 
         Cmaj7 
We could be up there if we could get up there. 


Verse 3:
G 
Say goodbye to America, 
C 
I wanna see it dissolve. 
  Am                             Cmaj7 
I can be your poster boy for the great American fall. 


Verse 4:
G 
Now I'm out and I'm prowling, 
    C 
You make me wanna start growling. 
Am                            Cmaj7 
You will live forever as this bombshell 
          G  C  Am  Cmaj7 
In my mind. 


Verse 5:
G 
I know that it's dangerous, 
    Cmaj7 
But I wanna see you undress. 
Am 
Wrap you up in the bomb shelter 
   Cmaj7 
Of my feather bed. 


Verse 6:
G 
Eileen, I must be living twice. 
C 
Colossus of roads, Buz blur in the night. 
Am 
Cowboy hat and a cigarette, 
Cmaj7 
Grease marker in my leather vest. 

Verse 7:
G 
Let's go paint the oil cans, 
C 
Write our names on a grain of sand. 
Am 
No one will remember us, 
Cmaj7 
Like I will remember us.
 


Verse 8:
G 
Meet me down in the Castro, 
      C 
We'll pretend it's 1985. 
  Am 
Before we were a twinkle, 
             Cmaj7 
In our great grandfather's eyes. 


Outro:
G 
 Children forever! 
Cmaj7 
 In the end 
Am 
 Of the night, baby 
       Cmaj7 
Of the night. 
Cmaj7 
In the night, baby 
       G       Am  Cmaj7 
In the night.