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Tabbed by Alex Glasnovic (Gray.Fox@Gmail.com)

Works best with a capo on the first fret.

INTRO: Dsus2-D-D*(fiddle with the E a bit) G A (x4)

Dsus2-D                        G                    A    Dsus2-D
        when you were nineteen i first laid eyes on you
D                                G
the small stream that ran through the center of town
A                          Dsus2-D
carried your name to me
D                          G                   A       Dsus2-D
your hair was dark and your eyes were a frosty blue
D                       G                         A
and then they put me in jail 'til you were twenty-three

when you were twenty-four we took to drinking and dancing
we boxed with our shadows like a couple of kangaroos
and then we went down to chechnya for the weekend
your eyes were glacial and your promises all rang true

G                                     A
and things are happening here while we sleep
D                           G
i can feel it in my boiling brain
G                              A
and i am dreaming in blood-red color
D                                              G
when i see the stolypin car riding through the light rain
they'll have to carry me out on my back
they'll have to tear me to pieces all right
D                         A
we are warm in our hidden room down here
G                           D           INTRO
we've got stars in our eyes tonight