Song about a Star
N.C.
He cut your strings so that
He cut your strings so that
A
he could float - lit by lights, lifted by
he could float - lit by lights, lifted by
E
alcohol
alcohol
over acres of
Bm
loving coast, far away from your
loving coast, far away from your
D
lonely ghost.
lonely ghost.
E
Now he’s
A
cool and all, floating anchorless.
cool and all, floating anchorless.
E
Ports of call:
Ports of call:
where it’s fabulous,
Bm
after all of this watching him
after all of this watching him
D
self just crawl.
self just crawl.
E
Chorus:
F♯m
Think
Think
A
you
you
D
see
see
A
him?
him?
E
He’s not there, that’s just
He’s not there, that’s just
Bm
light that’s not yet
light that’s not yet
D
dead.
dead.
F♯m
Wait
Wait
A
two
two
D
ho
ho
A
urs and
urs and
Bm
watch what’ll be there in
watch what’ll be there in
F♯m
stead.
stead.
Was he
A
small and cold, like a ring you call
small and cold, like a ring you call
E
up from home,
up from home,
held so tightly his
Bm
limbs went numb, worn away between your
limbs went numb, worn away between your
D
finger and
finger and
E
thumb?
thumb?
Well, now he’s
A
bought and sold. Cry his call number
bought and sold. Cry his call number
E
down the phone,
down the phone,
he can’t hear you - he’s
Bm
on his float, waving down to the
on his float, waving down to the
D
folks at
folks at
E
home.
home.
F♯m
Think
Think
A
you
you
D
see
see
A
him?
him?
E
He’s not there, that’s just
He’s not there, that’s just
Bm
light that’s not yet
light that’s not yet
D
dead.
dead.
F♯m
Wait
Wait
A
two
two
D
ho
ho
A
urs and
urs and
Bm
watch what’ll be there in
watch what’ll be there in
F♯m
stead.
stead.
A
As the cameras love
As the cameras love
Bm
all of his faces,
all of his faces,
they
F♯m
hide all the traces of
hide all the traces of
Bm
you in his
you in his
D
heart.
heart.
A
Stand in line to hold
Stand in line to hold
Bm
forth on his grace,
forth on his grace,
but you
F♯m
won’t even get a head-
won’t even get a head-
Bm
start,
start,
get a
D
head-start.
head-start.
instrumental - like the verse
As his
A
close-up comes cascading down from
close-up comes cascading down from
E
bove,
bove,
the eyes of a nation in
Bm
love are looking on all of their
love are looking on all of their
D
hopes held
hopes held
E
up.
up.
And the
A
words that some screenwriter counted and
words that some screenwriter counted and
E
chose,
chose,
and then set in their sequence and
Bm
froze,
froze,
unfreeze on his tongue as he
D
speaks for all
speaks for all
E
of us
of us
but
A
one. And honey, he’s
one. And honey, he’s
E
gone.
gone.
And baby, he’s
Bm
everyone’s. In the
everyone’s. In the
D
dark sky
dark sky
E
tonight,
tonight,
cast your
A
eyes on the dim
eyes on the dim
E
light
light
that he will
Bm
become. You’re like
become. You’re like
D
every
every
E
one
one
who
F♯m
thinks
thinks
A
they
they
D
see
see
A
him.
him.
E
He’s not there, that’s just
He’s not there, that’s just
Bm
light that’s not yet
light that’s not yet
D
dead.
dead.
F♯m
Wait
Wait
A
two
two
D
ho
ho
A
urs
urs
and
Bm
watch what’ll be there
watch what’ll be there
F♯m
instead.
instead.
F♯m Bm A
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