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Standard tuning. No capo.
Most parts would be easier with capo on 2. Outro might be wrong.

F#5:244---
E5 :022---
E5*:022x00
F#m:244222
C#m:-46654
E  :022100
B  :-24442
D  :--0232
A  :-02220


F#5 (E5 F#5 x3)

                          F#m
You can make out all the exits
                 C#m
From a static position
           E
One quick walk around will give you
          B
All the relevant information

                  F#m
I'm never gonna break my neck
               C#m
Falling down stairs
         E
Tan and mustard yellow I-beam
B
Visible from the air

           D
Tall space heater
              A
Down the main hallway
           E
Blue pilot light
            B
Hissing all night

F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf
F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf
F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf
F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf

F#5 (E5 F#5 x3)

                F#m
You can light a cigarettе
               C#m
Against the cooktop if you need to
         E
Feel the heat against your forеhead
B
 Let it bleed through

                   F#m
You're never gonna get by
   C#m
On three hours' sleep a night
                       E
Unless you absolutely have to
      B
And then you get by all right

D
 Move in silence
       A
If you can't stay still
E
Nobody sees your face
B
 Through the security grill

F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf
F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf
F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf
F#m                                            C#m
We sleep light in the shadow of the clover leaf

(E5* F#m x4)