Intro: 

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The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation 
E                       A      B       A  E     E    A    B  A  E 
Reacting to something nobody else could see 
     B                                          C#m 
While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation 
     B                                                         E     A    B 
Until the valet who wants to go home comes in and gives me my keys 
A                                   E 
And tonight every single star is shining 
A                               B 
The power lines all sizzle and buzz 
                  A    B     G#m 
And now that it's too late, maria 
         B                E                      
I see it all for what it was 


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There's nothing sadder than a streetlight shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk 
E                        A                      B   A                       E         E    A    B  A  E 
Or maybe the fog that I've been living in has lifted for the first time in weeks 
      B                                                   C#m 
Every day has been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk 
   B                                         E     A    B 
So I never have to say something I really mean 
     A                                   E 
But I remember all of those final words you told me 
A                               B 
How I was green enough to be blue 
                  A    B     G#m 
But now that it's too late Maria 
         B                E  
I can see how that was true 


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Now When I am in your city I come across the company you've been keeping 
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They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past 
      B                                              C#m 
It's hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them 
   B                                         E     A    B 
Some wonder how I'm doing but most don't even ask 
     A                             E 
But now every single door stands open 
A                           B 
I even signed some autographs 
                  A    B     G#m 
And now that it's too late, Maria 
         B                E  
We can both look back and laugh 

(solo) 

E                        A                      B   A           E         E    A    B  A  E 
There's always more to say but I'm just skipping to the ending 
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When you move back to Texas and I meet a girl who wants to change her name 
      B                                              C#m 
When we both start to forgert the problems that were never worth having 
   B                                               E     A    B 
And everybody goes on living watching nothing really change 
     A                             E 
There will always be a part of you thats with me 
A                           B 
And sure as hell had better feel the same 
                  A    B     G#m 
and now that it's too late Maria 
         B                E  
There is no one here to blame 

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Note: There are some Bsus thrown in from time to time I think