[Intro]
 F#m             E E6          D7
E|2--2-----------0-0-0-------|-2-2-2-3-4-7-5---|----5-----7-----9------12----------|
B|2----2---------0-2-2-0-----|-1-1-----------5-|-----------------------------------|
G|2------2--0h1--1-1-1---1---|-2-2-------------| 5/6---6/7---7/9---9/12-------------|
D|4---------0h2--2-2-2-----2-|-0-0-------------|-----------------------------------|
A|4---------0h2--2-2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
E|2--------------0-0-0-------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|

[Verse]
     A                                 A
Your mind sings some lyrics like we're memory
     A7                           F#m
Your sad our goodbyes sound nostalgy
     E                           E6
Your chords swung me from idolatry
     D7                        D7
I'm living like a vagabond, I just can't decide
A                   A
When to leave

         A                                    A
But it's roots are in the river to my mood it swings
   A7                       F#m
A vow even is impossible to keep
      E                              E6
Every day is starting on the balance beam
D7                             D7
Still you're standing with me, always carrying
A
The melody



G                      G
Smiling all the while, the paint chips off
      G     D    A
Of my Mardi Gras beads

D D A A
D D A A
D D A A
D D A A

E|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3---|----7-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------------|
G|----4-----4-----4-----4-|------7-----6-----6--|---6-----6-----6--------------|
D|5-----5-----5-----5-----| 5/7-----7-----7-----7|-----7-----7-----7------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|

[Verse]
         A                        A
It's the images contained not the lens or frames
  A7                               F#m
Recalled to my mind before I fall asleep
  E                              E6
A list of regrets is no place to be
    D7                      D7 
I'm coming in late but I'll never modulate us
A                 A
To a minor key

 
G                      G
Smiling all the while, the paint chips off
      G     D    A
Of my Mardi Gras beads

D D A A
D D A A
D D A A
D D A A

E|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3---|----7-----5-----5---|--5-----5-----5----------------|
G|----4-----4-----4-----4-|------7-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6--------------|
D|------5-----5-----5-----| 5/7-----7-----7-----|7-----7-----7-----7------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|

[Solo]
E|----5-5-----------| 5-7/9-7-9---12-12-9-7-9-9-7-5----------7/9-7-9-----------|
B|5-7-----7-5---5-7-|------------------------------7-7b8r7-5------------------|
G|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|

[Outro]
 F#m             E  E6         D7
E|2--2-----------0-0-0-------|-2-2-2-3-4-7-5--------------------------------------|
B|2----2---------0-2-2-0-----|-1-1-----------5------------------------------------|
G|2------2--0h1--1-1-1---1---|-2-2------------------------------------------------|
D|4---------0h2--2-2-2-----2-|-0-0------------------------------------------------|
A|4---------0h2--2-2-2-------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|2--------------0-0-0-------|----------------------------------------------------|

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| h  Hammer-on
| /  Slide up
| r  Release
| b  Bend