Intro
EE/Ab
(x2)
Verse
EE/EbA
Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her
EE/EbA
And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm
EE/EbA
She's barely coasting into a paycheck, stuck on empty
EE/EbA
Her blue eyes frozen green in the low-lit ATM
Pre-Chorus
F#mA
I need a way to measure the distance
F#mC#m
I need a way to say why
A
Out of breath or out of key
F#mC#mEB/Eb
Her voice resonated in me
Chorus
AEE/EB
Wish on everything
AEE/EB
Pray that she remains
AC#mEsus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
Verse
EE/EbA
Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her
EE/EbA
And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm
EE/EbA
Her night shift is over, she's writing you a postcard
EE/EbA
To say that she's okay and it's raining there again
Pre-Chorus
F#mA
My fury's rising faster than bus fares
F#mC#m
Could someone clarify why
A
There's no structured narrative?
EC#mEE/EB
No neat storyline to explain
Chorus
AEE/EB
Wish on everything
AEE/EB
Pray that she remains
AC#mEsus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
Chorus
AEE/EB
Wish on everything
AEE/EB
Pray that she remains
AC#mEsus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
Chorus
EE/EbB
Wishes and prayers are the way
A
Wish on everything
EE/EbB
That we leave the lonely alone
A
Pray that she remains
EE/EbB
And push the wounded away
AC#mEsus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
Break
EGCBABridge
EG#m
She shoplifts some Christmas gifts and a bracelet for herself
C#mBA
And considers phoning home, has some quarters in her hand
EG#m
But she sits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom lip
C#mBA
And spends the afternoon willing traffic lights to change
Break
EG#mCBA
(x6)