Bb                                                                    F
Smoke it flies from whisky mouths   /   vagabonds walk this suitcase town
 Bb                                                            F
summer left us beckoning   /   the cottonwoods were all worn out
 Bb                                                             F
night comes fixing on the day   /   and the universe reigned again
            Dm     F             Bb         Dm
while the wheels roll, to find a flickering light

 Bb              F                C           Gm
While you were sleeping I was the turning the dials
          Bb          F                   C     Gm
and I walled up your kingdom with radio wires
           Bb          F          C      Gm
and the bells of the choir came in low and rumbling
                           Bb
..aw, you should-a heard them...

[Instrumental]
Bb   F   x2

   Bb                                             F
Living here in this city on fire, well I’ve been fine
       Bb                                                      F
just dancing drunk above the street   /   me the ghost of Caroline
      Bb
and that was me, ya know, calling up above   /
                                 F
from the steeples in the church yard
             Dm    F           Bb           Gm
watch the wheels roll to find another place home

 Bb             F            C                 Gm
While you were sleeping, you bet that I might
 Bb        F      C      Gm
walk this empty northern hemisphere wide
         Bb         F            C        Gm
and the kingdom it came, well it all fell down
                Bb
it all fell to dust   /   and it all fell...

Dm  Bb  C  C  x6

 Bb              F                C           Gm
While you were sleeping I was the turning the dials
 Bb        F     C      Gm                Bb
walk this empty northern hemisphere wide...