Long Island Blues
Julian CasablancasVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I see a drug bust in your eyes
There are bruises on your thighs
I can tell youre trying to hide, all the darkness in your mind
You got saw dust on your toes
From that sports bar down the road
You have beer glass in your feet, you say kiss me on the cheek
Some people get paid to talk
Some people get paid to listen
Some people buy a ticket and cant wait for intermission
Just like some will love you blindly
Some will love you with conditions
Some will love you like an unborn child loves family tradition
Now she is tainted by the syringe
Trying to rhyme a word with orange
Im a cheap and ugly sinner, to who soul love is foreign
So if youre sideways
And if you wanna go my way
Before a meteoric shower
Decides the earth should be devoured
Whether youre locked up in a tower
Or youre charging by the hour
In mamas eyes you are a flower
Forget the after taste if life got sour
Will you finish what you started
Travel the seas you never parted
Remember things you disregarded
Communicate with the departed
Believe in things you thought werent founded
Prepare to always be astounded
Or keep your dreams and visions grounded
It took a while but then I found it.
No one inspired you in time
So you left your love behind
In a world that can discourage one who is young and full of courage
You said youd start at the bottom
But instead you start at the top
Be careful what you wish for because on your lap it might just drop
So its a lonely life at the bottom
Can be lonely too at the top
Make sure your heart is singing right until the day it stops
Theyll say dream but what they mean
Is be specific or obscene
Its time to find some time to fail at what makes you most happy
Sometimes you concentrate on lovers
To forget everything else
Sometimes you hate each other to forget you hate yourself
So if youre sideways
And if you wanna come my way
Before a meteoric shower
Decides the earth should be devoured
Whether youre locked up in the tower
Or if you charge 'em by the hour
To me youll always be a flower
Forget the after taste if life got sour
Will you finish what you started
Before you celebrate with a cigar lit
Remember things you disregarded
Communicate with the departed
Prepare to always be astounded
Believe in things you thought werent founded
Dont keep those dreams and visions grounded
It took a while but now I found it.
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Readable chord sheet for Long Island Blues by Julian Casablancas
[C] [Am] [F] [Em] [G] I [C]see a drug bust in your eyes There are [F]bruises on your t[C]highs I can te[F]ll youre trying to[C] hide, all the [F]darknes[Am]s in your [G]mind You [C]got saw dust on your toes From that [F]sports bar down the [C]road You have b[F]eer glass in your fe[C]et, you say k[F]iss me [Am]on the c[G]heek Some [C]people get paid to talk Some p[F]eople get paid to l[C]isten Some p[F]eople buy a tick[C]et and cant [F]wait fo[Am]r intermi[G]ssion Just [C]like some will love you blindly Some w[F]ill love you with co[C]nditions Some w[F]ill love you like an [C]unborn child loves [F]famil[Am]y trad[G]ition Now[C] she is tainted by the syringe Trying to [F]rhyme a word with o[C]range Im a ch[F]eap and ugly sin[C]ner, to who soul l[F]ove i[Am]s for[G]eign So if youre s[F]ideways And if you wanna go [C]my way Before a meteoric sh[G]ower Decides the earth should be dev[C]oured Whether youre locked up in a t[F]ower Or youre charging by the h[C]our In mamas eyes you are a fl[G]ower Forget the after taste if life got s[C]our Will you finish what you st[F]arted Travel the seas you never p[C]arted Remember things you disreg[G]arded Communicate with the dep[C]arted Believe in things you thought werent f[F]ounded Prepare to always be ast[C]ounded Or keep your dreams and visions gr[G]ounded It took a while but then I f[C]ound it. No[C] one inspired you in time So you l[F]eft your love beh[C]ind In a wo[F]rld that can disco[C]urage one who is you[F]ng and f[Am]ull of c[G]ourage You[C] said youd start at the bottom But [F]instead you start at the[C] top Be c[F]areful what you wish f[C]or because on your la[F]p it m[Am]ight just [G]drop So [C]its a lonely life at the bottom Can be [F]lonely too at the t[C]op Make su[F]re your heart is si[C]nging right un[F]til the d[Am]ay it st[G]ops They[C]ll say dream but what they mean Is [F]be specific or ob[C]scene Its [F]time to find some [C]time to fail at w[F]hat makes [Am]you most [G]happy Some[C]times you concentrate on lovers To f[F]orget everything el[C]se Some[F]times you hate each[C] other to fo[F]rget you[Am] hate yo[G]urself So if youre s[F]ideways And if you wanna come [C]my way Before a meteoric sh[G]ower Decides the earth should be dev[C]oured Whether youre locked up in the [F]tower Or if you charge 'em by the ho[C]ur To me youll always be a flow[G]er Forget the after taste if life got s[C]our Will you finish what you s[F]tarted Before you celebrate with a ciga[C]r lit Remember things you disreg[G]arded Communicate with the dep[C]arted Prepare to always be ast[F]ounded Believe in things you thought werent f[C]ounded Dont keep those dreams and visions gr[G]ounded It took a while but now I f[C]ound it. [C] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [Am] [G]