C                 F 
Across the street the river runs
C                  F
Down in the gutter life is slipping away
C                  F
Let me still exist in another place
C                   F
Running under cover of a helicopter blade
C                             F
The flames are getting higher in effigy
C                        F 
Burning down the bridges of my memory
C                       F
Love may still be alive somewhere someway
C
where they're downing only deer 
F
a hundred steel towns away

C                     F 
Oh rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C                                      F 
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C                    F
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
C
where the ocean meets the sky 
G
I'll be sailing      

INTERLUDE: C
C          F             C       
Photographs and kerosene light up my darkness
F            F
light it up, light it up
C                          F
I can still feel the touch of your thin blue jeans
C                      F
Running down the alley I've got my eyes all over you babe
Oh babe

C                         F
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C                           G
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C                    F
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
C                             G
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing

C           F         
Oh I've got lightning in my veins
C                             G
shifting like the handle of a slot machine
C                    F
Love may still exist in another place
C
I'm just yanking back the handle
F
no expression on my face

C                         F
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C                           G
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C                    F
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
C                             G
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing

C                         F
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C                           G
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C                    F
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
C                             G
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing

(Now, let each of the chords ring until shift to the next [strum each once down 
until end of chorus])

C                         F
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C                           G
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C                    F
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
C                             G
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing