Song Name: | The District Sleeps Alone Tonight | By: | the Postal Service |
Posted By: | ,,, | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | C | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2013-08-02 00:24:29 | Modified: | 2013-08-02 00:24:29 |
Song: | 4 -2” 2 3 -3” 3 2 1 Smeared black ink. Your palms are sweaty 2 2 2 -1 2 -2 2 2 4 -2” 2 And I'm barely listening to last demands 2 2 2 2 3 -3” 3 2 1 2 2 -1 2 -2 2 I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath 4 -2 -2” Where I am (x2)
4 -2” 2 2 2 2 2 3 -3” 3 2 1 Wear my badge. Vinyl sticker with big block letters 2 2 -1 2 -2 2 adherent to my chest 4 -2” -2 2 2 2 3 -3” 3 2 1 Tells your new friends I am a visitor here 2 2 3 -3” 3 2 I am not permanent 4 -2” 2 1 -1 2 -1 1 (And the) only thing keeping me dry is… (Where I am)
CHORUS:
3 4 3 4 3 4 -4 3 3 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 4 You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex 3 4 3 4 3 4 -4 3 3 3 3 5 -4 -4 4 3 A stranger with your door key explaining that I’m just visiting 3 4 3 4 3 4 -4 And I am finally seeing 3 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 4 Why I was the one worth leaving (x2)
3 -3 4 -3” -3” 3 1 D.C. sleeps alone tonight
[REPEAT CHORUS]
3 4 3 4 3 4 4 -4 The district sleeps alone tonight -4 -4 -4 5 -4 -4 4 3 after the bars turn out their lights 3 4 3 4 3 4 -4 3 3 3 5 5 -4 -4 4 And send the autos swerving into the loneliest evening 3 4 3 4 3 4 -4 And I am finally seeing 3 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 4 Why I was the one worth leaving (x4) |