[intro: ]Am C x2 

Am          C 
Strung out, needle in arm 
        F        C        G            Am     C Am C 
And the ocean is bleeding salt on your wounds 
     Am 
So I sat, as armies marched 
        F        C         G             Am    C Am C 
But you found me awake but asleep on the porch 

    F                 Am 
And don't you cry, my darling 
F               G 
Nashville is forgotten 
    F                 Am 
And don't you cry, my darling 
F               G       
New York is the ocean 

Am C x2 


Am        C 
Brooklyn, quiet and cold 
         F 
When the bars close 
       C              G             Am     C Am C 
You're stuck counting cracks on the street 
     Am             
Then war breaks, and you're swinging the gun 
             F 
But when the bomb drops 
       C              G              Am    C Am C 
You're stuck counting cracks in your teeth 

    F                 Am 
And don't you cry, my darling 
F               G 
Nashville is forgotten 
    F                 Am 
And don't you cry, my darling 
F               G 
New York is the ocean 


Am          C 
Strung out, needle in arm 
        F        C        G            Am 
And the ocean is bleeding salt on your wounds