The Corner Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Out on the corner of what I
want, and what I intend to get
Day drinking and dreaming of you,
I let
The ashtray smoke my last cigarette

[Verse 2]
Once I had a casual acquaint[F]ance
with my [G]impending [C]doom
Years ago she prom[G]ised [F]me
some [C]day soon
[G]I'd howl at the [F]moon from
[G]room to room
[C][G]

[Verse 3]
[F][G]
I ain't tran[F]scending much
of [C]nothing
I've been [G]down in it, I [C]ain't free
Weren't no ex[Am]periment - these
seven [F]years [G]they [C]went
Like a [G]life out of me

[Interlude 1]
[C][Em][Am][G][F]
[C]
Clowning on the [G]corner of almost gone

[Verse 4]
[F]
but [G]maybe not just [C]yet
There's still a little [G]left to pawn
[F]and[G] the bones aren't set
[C]The cast is slack, t[G]he [F]pla[G]ster's wet
[C][G][F][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Stepping up [G]the esc[F]alator
singing hell [G]I am out of h[C]ere
Past the [G]predetermined [F]termin[G]als of tears
[C]The win[G]gs are warm,
[F]the[G] runway's clear
[C][G]

[Verse 6]
[F][G]
I ain't tran[F]scending much of noth[C]ing
I'm still down [G]in it, I ain't [C]free
Weren't no ex[Am]periment
- these seven [F]years they [C]went
Like a [G]life out of me

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][Am][G][F]
[C]
Maybe [Em]all the world's a hollow recreation,

[Verse 7]
[A]
[F]my des[G]perate bre[C]theren
Hallowed [G]blue hallu[Em]cination
[Am]we p[G]lay to[C] win
Put your [G]right foot out,
[F]put you[G]r right foot in
[C][G]

[Verse 8]
[Am][G]
But it's [C]a usef[G]ul little illus[F]ion[G]
that'll [C]lose you [G]for [F]a song[G]
In the [C]beautiful [G]confusio[F]n you[G]'ve been
[C]down [G]and counting [Em]on[F][G]

[Verse 9]
And it's [C]a useful [G]little il[Am]lu si[F]on[G]
that'll [C]lose you [G]for [F]a song[G]
In the [C]beauti[G]ful confu[F]sion that [G]you've
been [C]down and [G]counting [F]on[G]

[Verse 10]
I ain't [G]tran[F]scending [C]nothing
[G]I'm still down in it, I ain't [C]free
Weren't [G]no exper[Am]iment
- hell every [F]tear [G]was [C]ran
[G]Like a life out of me
[C][G][Am][G][F]

[Verse 11]
[C]Out on the corner what I wan[F]t,
[G]what [C]I intend to get
Day drinking and dreaming of [F]you,
[G]I l[C]et
The ash[G]tray [F]smoke [Am]my l[G]ast cigarette