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Intro: Em

Em
the room was unbearably hot.
                                   Am
flowering plant that hung from the radiator pipe. 
G
it was dripping sweat from its rapidly fading petals. 
Em
and to the humming world in which I was living, 
                              Am
a crescendoing stepping sound came in. 

heard you stepping over three weeks' worth of newspapers 
      D
piled up outside the door. 

G          Cmaj7
I hear you knocking. 
G          Cmaj7
come in. 
G          Cmaj7
turn on the radio. 
G          Cmaj7
turn up the volume. 

Em
you sat down in the same place where you used to sit. 
                            Am
it brought back a memory or two. 
                                             G
I may not know much any more, but I remember you. 
Em
you were quiet for a while, and that was nice. 
then you came along with your questions, 
       Am
always questions. 
                                  D
I don't have any answers to those particular questions. 

G          Cmaj7
I hear you talking. 
G          Cmaj7
shut up! 
G          Cmaj7
turn on the radio. 
G          Cmaj7
turn up the volume.


...then jam on the verse chords for a while. If you want to finish like John does in ZOOP,
play Em Am G and then mess with some double stops on the high strings,
kinda like this:

E[8--7--6---8--7-6-7--6--5-3---
B[8--7--6---8--7-6-7--6--5-3---

and all the other strings open.

End on G, either way.