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standard tuning. capo on 6. everything is relative to the capo.

Em :022000
B5 :-244--
D5 :-577--
C5*:-3550-

Riff:
e:--------------
B:--------------
G:--------------
D:--0--0-0h2----
A:--0--0-0h2----
E:--0--0-0---0--
(As you can see, this is done by hammering on an Em.)


Riff B5
Riff

at one thirty on a thursday night
					       B5
I saw a pair of raccoons heading to the gutter
				Riff
they stopped at the storm drain

their tails hung down and out of sight

they looked up at me
		B5
their eyes were shining

I thought of you

		 D5		C5*
and I can't stand the way the moon expands and fills out

the corners of your california sky
		 Em
I can't stand it

Riff B5

Riff
the old buildings stood tall against the sky
					    B5
the windows had old sheets hanging over them doubling as curtains
Riff
and the silhouettes moving in the bright lights behind the curtains

looked like you
B5
I stopped moving momentarily

	       D5
the world will
      C5*
stand still on nights like these

without any kind of warning
		      Em
and I can't stand it.