The Corner

[D]      [A]      [G]      [Bm]

e|-0-  e|-3-  e|-x - e|-0-
B|-1-  B|-0-  B|-x-  B|-1-
G|-0-  G|-0-  G|-2-  G|-2-
D|-2-  D|-0-  D|-3-  D|-2-
A|-3-  A|-2-  A|-x-  A|-0-
E|-3-  E|-3-  E|-1-  E|-0-

[D]Out on the [A]corner of what I [G]want, and [A]what I intend to get
[D]day drinking and [A]dreaming of [G]you, I let[A]
[D]the ashtray[A] smoke my l[G]ast cig[A]arette

Once I had a casual acquaintance with my impending doom
years ago he promised me some day soon
I'd howl at the moon from room to room

I ain't [G]transcending much of [D]nothing
I've been down [A]in it, I ain't [D]free

Weren't no ex[Bm]periment - these seven [G]years they [D]went
       [A]           [D]  (progressively down to [G])  [C#]   [B]    [A]    [G]
like a life out of me

Clowning on the corner of almost gone but maybe not just yet
there's still a little left to pawn and the bones aren't set
The cast is slack, the plaster's wet

Stepping up the escalator singing hell I am out of here
past the predetermined terminals of tears
the wings are warm, the runway's clear

I ain't transcending much of nothing
I'm still down in it, I ain't free

Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went
like a life out of me

Maybe all the world's a hollow recreation, my desperate bretheren
hallowed blue hallucination we play to win
put your right foot out, put your right foot in

But it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song
in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on

and it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song
in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on

I ain't transcending nothing
I'm still down in it, I ain't free
weren't no experiment - hell every tear was ran
like a life out of me

Out on the corner what I want, what I intend to get
day drinking and dreaming of you, I let
the ashtray smoke my last cigarette