Canals

 
              
verse 1 
 
B        E       
  I Am A critic 
 
D            A                  B 
   Of my own critical need to define myself 
 
     E                    D 
With wine, and words, and lovers, 
 
    A 
And friends who don't understand 
 
B                  E 
  So there, I just said it 
 
D                 A 
  You know that admitting the problem 
 
       B                    Em 
Is the first step towards repair 
 
          D 
"We all recover" 
 
        F#                           Bm 
Say the friends turned to wine-drunk lovers 
 
 
G                  D              F# 
Smile, tell me I'm alright with a goodbye 
 
        D 
You are so misleading 
 
G             D                        A 
  A kiss or a gun fight - high-noon or midnight 
  
         D               G 
Darling, I don't want to know 
 
              D                F# 
If I'm just a short sight on a cold night 
 
       Bm 
The canals are freezing 
 
G                D              A 
  So tell me I'm alright with a goodbye 
 
 
B, E, D, A 
 
Verse Two  
 
Bm        Em 
   Am I A villain 
 
D             A 
  Cast among heroes 
 
                  Bm             Em          D 
With all of their underwhelming, overbearing struggles 
 
     F# 
To become what they'll never be? 
 
Bm                E 
   Friends to the wicked 
 
D            A                     Bm 
  Caution is calling, but nobody's home, 
 
               Em               D 
The lights are off, the party's over, 
 
           F# 
Now you're stuck plucking three leaf clovers 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge 
 
Em               G 
  You've got the high ground 
 
D               A 
  And I'm on my best defence 
 
   Em             G 
But I dare you to come down, 
 
D                  A 
  I'll give you an eye for an eye, 
 
      C            G 
If it makes things easy 
 
Bm, D, F# 
 
 
G              D              A 
Smile, tell me alright with a goodbye...