Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Verse 1

Nobody ever had a dream round here,

 but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me

Nobody ever pulls the seams round here,

 but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me

I've got this energy beneath my feet

 like something underground's gonna come up and carry me,

I've got this sentimental heart that beats

 but I don't really mind and it's starting to get to me

Chorus 1

Now, "Why do you waste my time?"

 Is the answer to the question on your mind

 And I'm sick of all my judges

 so scared of what they'll find

 But I know that I can make it

 As long as somebody takes me home,

 every now and then...

 Oh, have you ever seen the lights?

 Have you ever seen the lights?

Verse 2

(Same chords as verse 1)

I took a shuttle on a shock-wave ride,

where people on the pen pull the trigger for accolades

I took a bullet, and I looked inside it

Running through my veins

An American masquerade

I still remember Grandma Dixie's wake,

I never really known anybody to die before

Red white and blue upon a birthday cake,

My brother, he was born on the fourth of the July...and that's all

Chorus 2

(same chords as other chorus 1)

"So why do you waste my time?"

Is the answer to the question on your mind

And I'm sick of all my judges,

so scared of letting me shine

But I know that I can make it,

as long as somebody takes me home...

 You know I see London, I see Sam's Town

holds my hand and lets my hair down

Rolls that world right off my shoulder

I see London, I see Sam's Town now.