Chords for Slide - The Dresden Dolls

_ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] a late April day and [Cm] it's sunny outside
[Ab] and _ [C] _ [Ab] an orange old man at [Cm] the bottom wants [Ab] to take her [G] for a ride
[B] as [Ab] she slips and she tumbles [Cm] the orange man [Ab] wumbles
and he's crashed down [C] from the sky
and [Ab] he tells her he'll take her [Cm] where it's safe
and [Ab] of course it is [G] a lie
_ [B] she's [Ab] a third of the way down [C] her skirt's re-inked
and [Ab] her little girl cheeks [C] start to recline
but [Ab] her smile is wide and [Cm] her legs are spread
and [Ab] her hair growing behind [Fm] her hips [Ab] getting larger
[Fm] _ [Ab] getting brighter
[Fm] _ _
[Ab] growing weaker
_ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Cm] she [Ab] is halfway down now but [C] the man is impatient
[Ab] he's got an exchange in his pocket [C] he might have to wait
but [Ab] she's coming
[Fm] _ she's coming
_ _ [Ab] she's
_ [Cm] _ oh [Bb] are you blaming [Ab] her she's
[Cm] that's a good one
oh
[Eb] oh yeah
[Ab] second [G] for the song
[Ab] right
as _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Ab] she starts to draw near
his view becomes clearer
the splinters are painful
she doesn't feel it
the penny's more looted
and as they explode she starts to [D] spin out of [G] control _
her [Ab] eyes are now closing
her sleeves are unrolling
up past her [C] head
her veins are all [Ab] showing
not that she knows
she's thoroughly focused
on the baby
[Fm]
laughing
_ _ [Ab] _ laughing
[Fm] _
laughing
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm]
don't worry
[Ab] i've got you [Cm] don't worry
[Ab] i've got you [Cm] don't worry
[Ab] i've got you [Cm] don't [Ab] worry
i've got you
[G] _ [B] the [Cm] orange man's [Eb] got you
_ [Ab] _
_ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] a late April day
and it's sunny outside
and the red little girl's at [C] the top of the slide
and [Ab] an orange old man at [G] the bottom
[Ab] wants to take her [G] for a ride _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Am] i'm counting back
the number of the steps
it took for me to [Eb] get back on
[C] the wagon of the weekend
i'll use the [Em] art of time
now to