Chords for The Handsome Family - Tesla's Hotel Room

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[A] In the last [E] days of wonder [F] when spirits [C] still flew
[A] Where we sat [E] holding hands [F] in half [C]-darkened rooms
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[G] Nikola Tesla [F] in the Hotel [C] New Yorker
[Am] Nursing [E] sick pigeons [F] by the [C] open window _ _ _
_ Dreamed [G] of a death ray [F] to _ [C] disintegrate matter _
[Am] Detected [E] Morse code [F] from far [C] away planets
[G] _ _ [F] He couldn't stand the touch [C] of hair or of skin
[D] But stroked feathers gently [Am] on trembling wings
[F] And drew plans for a camera [C] to photograph _ thoughts
[D] _ Vacuum tube lights, [F] _ _
[C] wireless _ phones _ _
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[G] _ _ [Am] In the last days [E] of wonder [F] when spirits [C] still flew
_ [Am] Round [Em] bubbling test tubes [F] in half [C]-darkened rooms
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[C] _ Edison [G] in Westinghouse [F] in silk [C] brocade
[Am] Ate oysters [E] Rockefeller [F] with French [C] _ Champagne
_ _ But Tesla [G] grew thin [F] eating only [C] _ saltines
[Am] Doing days in [E] his lab _ [F] without [C] any sleep
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[F] _ _ Dreaming of God [C] as an X-ray beam
[Dm] He was hit by a cab [A] while crossing the street
[C] Lying [F] on his bedspread [C] he struggled to breathe
[D] The light bulbs [E] exploded, [F] the air filled with _ [C] _
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[Am] In the last days [E] of wonder [F] when spirits [C] still flew _
[Am] _ Tesla [E] _ vacated [F] his half [C]-darkened room _
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