Civil Twilight by the Weakerthans For the riff parts (where it says F E D C G etc.) its easiest to play these all on the string and move down. F Bb My confusion corner commuters are cursing the cold away F Bb As December tries to dissemble the length of their working day F Bb And they bite their mitts off to show me transfers, deposit change F Bb and I can't stop finding your face in their faces, all rearranged C C/C# And angry like you never were; F and I ease us back into traffic Bb Dusk comes on and I wonder F Bb Why I'm always remembering you, in civil twilight F E D C (try running down the power chords starting on 13) (repeat pattern for verse/chorus) For the most part I think about golfing and constantly calculate all the seconds left in the minutes, and so on, etcetera Or recite the names of provinces and Hollywood actors; Oh, Ontario! Oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh! This part of the day bewilders me Streets slow down and ice over, Dusk comes on and I struggle to stop, To stop to stop thinking of you,in civil twilight (run down the power chords) F5 E5 D5 C5 G5 G5 A5 Hey, every other hour I pass that house, B5 C5 C/C#5 Where you told me that you had to go G5 Am5 I wonder if the landlord has fixed the crack, B5 C5 C/C#5 That I stared at, instead of staring back at F Bb you, My chance to say something seemed so breif, but it wasn't. F Bb Now I know I had plenty of time F Between the sunset and certified darkness Bb F Bb Dusk comes on and I follow the exhaust from memory up to the end F5 E5 Bb5 The civil twilight F5 E5 Bb5 The civil twilight F5 E5 Bb5 The civil twilight F5 E5 F5 The civil twilight