Exiles Among You

Intro E E/Ab (x2) Verse E E/Eb A Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her E E/Eb A And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm E E/Eb A She's barely coasting into a paycheck, stuck on empty E E/Eb A Her blue eyes frozen green in the low-lit ATM Pre-Chorus F#m A I need a way to measure the distance F#m C#m I need a way to say why A Out of breath or out of key F#m C#m E B/Eb Her voice resonated in me Chorus A E E/EB Wish on everything A E E/EB Pray that she remains A C#m Esus2 Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful Verse E E/Eb A Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her E E/Eb A And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm E E/Eb A Her night shift is over, she's writing you a postcard E E/Eb A To say that she's okay and it's raining there again Pre-Chorus F#m A My fury's rising faster than bus fares F#m C#m Could someone clarify why A There's no structured narrative? E C#m E E/EB No neat storyline to explain Chorus A E E/EB Wish on everything A E E/EB Pray that she remains A C#m Esus2 Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful Chorus A E E/EB Wish on everything A E E/EB Pray that she remains A C#m Esus2 Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful Chorus E E/Eb B Wishes and prayers are the way A Wish on everything E E/Eb B That we leave the lonely alone A Pray that she remains E E/Eb B And push the wounded away A C#m Esus2 Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful Break EGCBA Bridge E G#m She shoplifts some Christmas gifts and a bracelet for herself C#m B A And considers phoning home, has some quarters in her hand E G#m But she sits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom lip C#m B A And spends the afternoon willing traffic lights to change Break E G#mCBA (x6)