One Headlight

The Wallflowers

Page
118
Tempo
104
Year
1996
G D F# Bm D/A Em A
G D F# Bm D/A Em A
Intro
G
D
F#
Bm
D/A
G
D
F#
Bm
D/A
Verse 1
G
So long ago, I don't re-
D
member when
That's
F#
when they say I lost my only
Bm
friend
D/A
Well
G
they said she died easy of a
D
broken heart disease
As I
F#
listened through the cemetery
Bm
trees
D/A
G
D
F#
Bm
D/A
Verse 2
I seen the
G
sun comin' up at the
D
funeral at dawn
The
F#
long broken arm of human
Bm
law
D/A
Now it
G
always seemed such a waste, she
D
always had a pretty face
So I
F#
wondered how she hung around this
Bm
place
D/A
G
G
F#
F#
Chorus 1
Hey,
G
come on try a little,
D
Nothing is forever
Em
There's got to be something
A
better than in the middle
G
But me and Cinderella
D
We put it all together
Em
We can drive it home
A
With one head-
G
light
D
F#
Bm
D/A
Verse 3
She said it's
G
cold, It feels like Inde-
D
pendence Day
And I
F#
can't break away from this pa-
Bm
rade
D/A
But there's
G
got to be an opening,
D
Somewhere here in front of me
F#
Through this maze of ugliness and
Bm
greed
D/A
Verse 4
And I seen the
G
sun up ahead at the
D
county line bridge
Sayin'
F#
all there's good and nothingness is
Bm
dead
We'll
G
run until she's out of breath, She
D
ran until there's nothin' left
She
F#
hit the end, it's just her window
Bm
ledge
D/A
G
G
F#
F#
Chorus 2
Hey,
G
come on try a little,
D
Nothing is forever
Em
There's got to be something
A
better than in the middle
G
But me and Cinderella
D
We put it all together
Em
We can drive it home
A
With one headlight...
Solo
G
D
F#
Bm
D/A
G
D
F#
Bm
D/A
Verse 5
Well this place is
G
old, It feels just like a
D
beat up truck
I turn the
F#
engine, but the engine doesn't
Bm
turn
D/A
Well it smells of
G
cheap wine, cigarettes, This
D
place is always such a mess
Some-
F#
times I think I'd like to watch it
Bm
burn
D/A
Verse 6
I'm so a-
G
lone and I feel just like some-
D
body else
Man, I ain't
F#
changed, but I know I ain't the
Bm
same
D/A
But
G
somewhere here in between the
D
city walls of dyin' dreams
I
F#
think of death, it must be killin'
Bm
me
D/A
G
G
F#
F#
Chorus 3
Hey, hey Hey,
G
come on try a little,
D
Nothing is forever
Em
There's got to be something
A
better than in the middle
G
But me and Cinderella
D
We put it all together
Em
We can drive it home
A
With one headlight...
Outro
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D
Em
A
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D
Em
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