The Corner

Capo 5 Intro C G F C x3 CGFF Verse 1: C F G C Down on the corner of what I want, and what I tend to get F G C day drinking and dreaming of you, I let G C the ashtray smoke my last cigarette C G F G C Once I had a casual acquaintance with my impending doom G C years ago she promised me some day soon G F G I'd howl at the moon from room to room Chorus: G F C I ain't transcending much of nothing G C I've been down in it, I ain't free Am C Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went G C G C F F like a life out of me-e-e-e-e Verse 2: C G C G C Clowning on the corner of almost gone but maybe not just yet C G F G C there's still a little left to pawn and the bones aren't set C F G C The cast is slack, the plaster's wet C G F G Stepping up the escalator singing hell I am out of here C G C G C past the predetermined terminals of tears F C G C the wings are warm, the runway's clear Chorus: G F C I ain't transcending much of nothing G C I'm still down in it, I ain't free Am C Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went G C G C F F like a life out of me-e-e-e-e C G F C Maybe all the world's a hollow recreation, my desperate bretheren G C F G hallowed blue hallucination we play to win G F G C put your right foot out, put your right foot in Bridge (x2, second time strum): C F C G F But it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song C F C G F in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on Chorus G F C I ain't transcending much of nothing G C I'm still down in it, I ain't free Am C Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went G C G C F F like a life out of me-e-e-e-e C F G C Out on the corner what I want, what I tend to get F G C day drinking and dreaming of you, I let G C the ashtray smoke my last cigarette End on C