[Verso 1]

C#m                      E 
The moon is hanging low over the central station 
C#m                          E 
I watch the buses leave in silence, bound for foreign distant places 
C#m                     E 
The Andes hold me close. A mothers only son 
C#m                        F#m 
I feel weightless in the valley, like I'm everywhere at once 
  

[Refrão]

A 
I'm laying low 
E 
A stray dog in the street 
A          E 
You took me home 
G#m 
We're sister cities 

A 
I'm laying low 
E 
A stray dog in the street 
A          E 
You took me home 
G#m 
We're sister cities 
  
( C#m  C#m  E  E ) 
( C#m  C#m  E  B  C#m ) 

 
[Verso 2]
 
C#m            E            B 
We came here abandoned An old brick faced apartment 
C#m                       E 
Rusted swing set in the courtyard like the one that I was born in 
C#m                           E 
I'm guarded like I'm wounded, my first instinct's always (run) 
C#m 
I wanna turn the scene, I wanna call it off, I want a light in the dark 
G#m 
I wanna swallow the sun! 
  

[Refrão]

A 
I'm laying low 
E 
A stray dog in the street 
A          E 
You took me home 
G#m 
We're sister cities 

A 
I'm laying low 
E 
A stray dog in the street 
A          E 
You took me home 
G#m 
We're sister cities 
  

[Ponte]

A  B        C#m 
I was just mange and skin and bone 
A        B   E 
You took me into your home 
B         D#m    E    B        A 
Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat 
  
( G#m  D ) 
  

[Refrão]

A 
I'm laying low 
E 
A stray dog in the street 
A          E 
You took me home 
G#m 
We're sister cities 

A 
I'm laying low 
E 
A stray dog in the street 
A          E 
You took me home 
G#m 
We're sister cities 
  
Final: C#m  C#m  E  E 
        C#m  C#m  E  B  C#m