Needle In The Dark

Intro/<i>Verse:</i>                  e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---| A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| E|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---| Verse-End:                   e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| A|---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-| E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| <i>Bridge:</i>    e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---x| A|---2---2---2---2---2---2-x| E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---x| <i>Chorus</i>:                                                e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---| A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| E|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---|                                               e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---0---0---2---2---2---2---| A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-| E|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---3---3---0---0---0---0---| Bridge-2:                  e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-2---2---0---0---2---2---2---2---| A|---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-| E|-0---0---3---3---0---0---0---0---| Bridge-3:    e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-2---2---2---2---| A|---2---2---2---2-| E|-0---0---0---0---| End:                  e|-----------------0| B|-----------------0| G|-----------------0| D|-2---2---0---0---2| A|---2---2---2---2-2| E|-0---0---3---3---0| INTRO x2 VERSE x2    With progress comes problems With wisdom comes age With lessons come learning                    * And pleasure comes pain BRIDGE x1 *Em     You can only have the sunshine N/C After the rain INTRO x2 VERSE x1 I took a walk            It got me thinking Left foot Right foot Smiling Blinking VERSE-END x1 Breath out Breath in Somehow linking VERSE x1 My soul to my mind and my heart to my mouth Lost and the found and the north to the south BRIDGE-2 x1 And the corners To the circle in my mind Chorus x1 You may find that the gate has been locked When we come back down to what we really are Retrace the footprints off the path that is lost It’s like trying to find a needle in the dark INTRO x2 VERSE x2    My hands they are empty But they are clean I’m poor but I’m healthy               * I’m halfway between BRIDGE x1 *Em    The gutter and the skyline N/C VERSE x1 I took a walk to the land’s end Thinking ’bout an ex-girlfriend that I had VERSE-END x1 And the pages that I’ve turned VERSE x3 And it seems to me that we all love the chase But once we’re caught we feel encased Behind bars of love and trust Uprooted with drunken lust By people People just like us BRIDGE-2 x1 Yeah people People just like us Chorus x1 You may find that the gate has been locked When we come back down to what we really are Retrace the footprints of the path that is lost It’s like trying to find a needle in the dark VERSE x3 I took a walk to the station Lost in my imagination Having private conversations with myself And I’m just stumbling ’round And I wait for the sound Of this crumbling town to come tumbling down BRIDGE-3 x1              People say I’m just bumming around BRIDGE-2: But I’ve had both my ears to the ground VERSE x3                          BRIDGE-3 x1 END x1