
Dorothy
Alkaline Trio
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Tom : Em
C G
Em (2x)
C
Like the flutter of your fingertips,
C
Like the flickering of lights,
Bm Em Em
They've got their bright ideas but we've got bigger fish to fry.
C
Found you out there on your doorstep,
C
Undressed to the nines.
Em Am Em
From your Sunday best, black and blue velvet dress.
C
Your head's a mess and so is mine.
[Refrão]
C G
Oh Dorothy, I'm coming home,
Am
I hope you're waiting there.
Em G Am
I know times have been tough on you,
Am
It's all downhill from here.
Em C G Am
Oh Dorothy, inside that dreadful place deep in your heart,
Em G Am C
It's beckoning, I'm racing to your doorway Dorothy.
[Próxima Parte]
C Em
Dorothy.
C C
Like the scratching sounds of insects,
C
Beneath the blades and soil.
Bm Em
We'll begin the plot to get away,
Em
To ends as black as oil.
Em C
Now it's pounding in the ear,
C
Left in left field for you to find.
Am Em Am Em
Outside of your perifirals vision of this never ending night.
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
C Em
Dorothy.
[Trecho 2x]
G D C G
It's a strange world isn't it?
G
Such strange times to be living in.
G Bm
I had a change of heart tonight,
Bm Em
When I watched her walk into the light.
C D
I watched her walk into the light.
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
C Em
Dorothy.
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