After The Earthquake

E B A B
A
          B
After the earthquake

[Verse 1]
                    A
Pictures hanging diagonally
                           B
Drive through, crying in a milkshake
                       A
It wasn't built to last
          B
Up in the front seat
                          A
You were playing with the station
                         B
And I was fidgeting with the heat
                      F#m7  E
Looking back to the vibrant days of

[Chorus]
A      A#dim      F#m7   E                 B
Racket in   the hall, caution to the breeze
                         F#m7            E       B
Say you'll climb your way    out of your wake now
Velvet curtain drawn,
F#m7   E                B
    flowers at your feet
                      Asus2/D           C#m7        B
Say you'll contemplate       how you're weighed down
F#m7 E B F#m7
E B
                 B
The pulse of the brake light

[Verse 2]
                         A
Is the colour of burning embers
                           B
If you wake up, will you remember
                       A
The awful things I said at the edge of the bed?
                  B
Thrashing likе a great white
                           A
As they rolled you up on a stretcher
                               B
And the faint words of Jessica Fletcher
                             F#m7 E
Were drowned out by the sound      of

[Chorus]
A      A#dim      F#m7   E                 B
Racket in   the hall, caution to the breeze
                         F#m7            E       B
Say you'll climb your way    out of your wake now

[Bridge]
A    E                                  A
Those days, I'd never let you fall apart
          E                                      A
But things fade like the scent of a brand new car
                              E
Why would I ever fall in love again
     F#7                F#m7    E
When every detail's over    the guardrail?
B                      F#m7            E
 Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now

[Chorus]
B  B           Cdim    C#m7           F#m7        B
 Say you'll contemplate    how you're weighed down
Are you awake now?
F#m7 E B
        Are you awake now?
F#m7 E B                F#m7
        Racket in the hall  

[Outro]
   E                 B
Caution to the breeze
                    F#m7
Velvet curtain drawn
   E            B
Flowers at your feet
F#m7 E B Asus2/D
C#m7 B