Alleyway Chords by Anna Tivel

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Smoke against the window pane
[Bb] Just the semis breathing on the interstate
[Dm] And a grey upon [A] the grey of [Bb] October
And [F] _ hey honey, it's been so long
[Bb] I got so lost, so far down
The tracks of an [A] old abandoned roller [Bb] coaster
[Dm] See the wheels fell off and [A] the rails all rusted [Bb] over
_ _ [F] And I remember you [Dm] that night [Bb] in the noisy bar
In the yellow light [Dm] and the radiating [A] heat
Between [Bb] our shoulders
_ [F] And I know good things never last
[Bb] Yeah I know that now but I didn't then
[Dm] And I let you [A] lead me blind around [Bb] the corner
But [F] _ [A] sometimes still the night I [Dm] dream
An empty bottle in the [F] alleyway
On a night so clear [C] a billion [Dm] stars are born
_ _ [Am] [A] And each one is a world I guess
[Dm] Of dust and flame and wishes cast [Bb] by lovers
Hoping love will last [C] till morning
And _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] [F] we tried a while to make it good
[Bb] You hit the cans, I played [F] the fool
[Dm] You got some work, [A] I got sick in the [Bb] mornings
But [F] you lost that job and we got kicked out
[Bb] Hey babe, ain't nothing to cry about
[Dm] And you said you'd send [A] some cash from [Bb] California
But _ [Am] [Em] sometimes [A] still the night I [Dm] dream
An empty bottle in the [F] alleyway
On a night so [C] clear a billion [Dm] stars are born
_ _ [F] [A] And each one is a world I guess
[Dm] Of dust and flame and wishes cast [Bb] by lovers
Hoping love will last [C] till morning
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ Now _ [Dm] _ [Db] _ [A] _
[C] _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] I got [C] work down the street
[F] Cleaning rooms [Bb] at the Super 8
[F] Sometimes I take the bathroom by [Bb] the river
And [F] I wonder what [C] our daughter's like
And [F] I hope that family [Bb] treats her right
[F] And gives [C] her [Dm] all the things we [C] couldn't give her
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] [F] Now a dream is all that's left of you
I guess [Bb] some folks are born to lose
[Dm] Some kids are [A] born for someone [Bb] else's cradle
_ [F] And the days go by, I get along
Yeah, the [Bb] air grows cool and the leaves [Dm] fall
And the smoke, it moves [A] and fades against [Bb] the window
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _