E Riff

[Verse]
A         E
  Four AM
              D
New York time
       E                      A
It was raining of course that night
                E
You threw your guitar
                     D
In the back of a car
       G   E       C#m
And I just let you go
                        F#m         G      A
'Cause sometimes what's right isn't fair
           Bm                         E   A
And what's fair is just for show

[Chorus]
         E                    D      D A Asus2
But the light, the light, the light
      E                 D           D A F#m
Shone lilac through the window
    E              D
And you were all aglow
                           A
I should have let you know

[Verse]
A       E
Five AM dark
            D
Brought the thought
  A           E                   A
A baby born in the year you died
         E                    D
Would be about in high school now
          E                               C#m
And maybe digging up your pretty songs
           F#m  A
I hear her teen feet
        Bm                               E
As they beat along Christopher Street
A         E                     D         D  A  Asus2
  And the light, the light, the light
      E                 D            D A F#m
Shone lilac through the window
    E             D       A
And you were all aglow

[Chorus]
    E                     D          D A Asus2
The light, the light, the light
E                D            D  A  F#m
Flew out of your fingers
    E            D
And set us all aglow

[Bridge]
    G                  D
And what if I had only kissed you
G                            D
If I'd just leaned into your shoulder
G                                C
Or maybe slashed your tires      Or knocked you out somehow
E                               Bm A
What might be different now

[Chorus]
E                     D            A
The light, the light, the light
      E                    D       D A Asus
Shone lilac through the window
       E                    D         A
And you were all aglow
        E                     D
The light, the light, the light
       E                D         D A F#m
Shone lilac through the window
    E             D
And you were all aglow
                        A     G
Should have let you know
                      A        F#m     A
Should have let you know