G       Am    Em
Smeared black ink
G    Am        Em
Your palms are sweaty
              G         G  C    Am   Em
Am I'm barely listening to last demands
G  D       Am
Im starin' at the asphalt wondering
Em                 C
what's buried underneath

G D C G D C G D C G D

G         Am Em
I'll wear my badge
G                        Am
A vinyl sticker with the big block letters
Em
Adhering to my chest
G          Am       Em
That tells your new friends
G      Am
I am a visitor here
Em
I am not permanent
G   Am   Em    G       Em
The only thing keeping me dry is

[Chorus]
C        G         D
You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
C          G
A stranger with your door key
D
Explaining that I'm just visiting
C        G
And I am finally seeing
D
Why I was the worth leaving
G D  Em     C     G
D.C. sleeps alone tonight

G D C G D C G D C G D

C        G         D
You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
C          G
A stranger with your door key
D
Explaining that I'm just visiting
C        G
And I am finally seeing
D
Why I was the worth leaving
G D  Em     C     G
D.C. sleeps alone tonight

G D C G D Em C G D C G D Em

C                   G
The district sleeps alone tonight
D
After the bars turn out their lights
C            G
And send the autos swerving
D
into the lonliest evening
C        G
And I am finally seeing
D
Why I was the one worth leaving
C G
D
Why I was the one worth leaving
G   Am    Em    C
D.C sleeps alone tonight