Suggested chord shapes!
For easier chords, transpose -2 and use a capo on the 2nd fret
and/or use UG's "Simplify" setting
[Bm7] [Gmaj7] [Dmaj7] [A]
e|-2---3-----2-----0-|
B|-3---3-----2-----2-|
G|-2---4-----2-----2-|
D|-4---4-----0-----2-|
[A]|-2---5-----X-----0-|
[E]|-X---3-----X-----X-|
Verse 1
[Bm7]
Drowning in the Blue Nile
[Gmaj7]
He sent me "Downtown Lights"
[Bm7]
I hadn't heard it in a while
My boredom was bone deep
[Gmaj7]
This cage was once just fine
Am I allowed to cry?
[Bm7]
I dream of cracking locks
[Gmaj7]
Throwing my life to the wolves
[Bm7]
Or the ocean rocks crashing into him tonight
He's a paradox, I'm seeing visions,
[Gmaj7]
Am I bad or mad or wise?
Chorus
[Dmaj7] [A]
What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh
[Gmaj7]
Only in my mind?
[Dmaj7]
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze
[A] [Gmaj7]
Oh, what a way to die
[A]
I keep recalling things we never did
[Dmaj7]
Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our trysts
[Gmaj7]
Without ever touching his skin
[A] N.C. [Bm7]
How can I be guilty as sin
Verse 2
[Gmaj7]
I keep these longings locked
[Bm7]
In lowercase inside a vault
[Gmaj7]
Someone told me there's no such things as bad thoughts
Only your actions talk
[Bm7]
These fatal fantasies
[Gmaj7]
Giving way to labored breath, taking all of me
[Bm7]
We've already done it in my head
[Gmaj7]
If it's make believe, why does it feel like a vow we'll both uphold somehow?
Chorus
[Dmaj7] [A]
What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh
[Gmaj7]
Only in my mind?
[Dmaj7]
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze
[A] [Gmaj7]
Oh, what a way to die
[A]
My bedsheets are ablaze, I've screamed his name
[Dmaj7]
Building up like waves crashing over my grave
[Gmaj7]
Without ever touching his skin
N.C. [Dmaj7]
How can I be guilty as sin
Bridge
[A] [Gmaj7]
What if I roll the stone away?
[Dmaj7]
They're gonna crucify me anyway
[A]
What if the way you hold me
[Gmaj7] N.C.
Is actually what's holy?
[Gmaj7] [A]
If long-suffering propiety is what they want from me
[Dmaj7] [Bm7]
They don't know how you've haunted me so stunningly
[Gmaj7] [A] N.C.
I choose you and me, religiously
Chorus
N.C.
What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh
[Gmaj7]
Only in my mind?
[Dmaj7]
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze
[A] [Gmaj7]
Oh, what a way to die
[A]
I keep recalling things we never did
[Dmaj7]
Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our trysts
[Gmaj7]
Without ever touching his skin
[A] N.C. [Dmaj7]
How can I be guilty as sin
Outro
[A] [Gmaj7]
He sent me Downtown Lights
[Dmaj7] [A] [Gmaj7]
I hadn't heard it in a while
[A]
Am I allowed to cry?
