[ Предположительная тональность: C ] Capo 5th fret, standard tuning. C E7 Things seem so opposite Am More and more G Everyday C E7 I'm asleep when I'm wide awake Am And the sun shines G When it rains C Feels like I'm lying when E7 I'm telling the truth Am And it hurts G How it pains C When they ask how I'm doing E7 And i just smile in reply Am I say "Thanks G I'm okay" C I'm just stumblin' E7 Am I'm just drunk again G It's not my fault anyway C Just some song I wrote E7 Am Just some heart I broke G Another ball and chain C E7 My father put down his guitar Am And he spoke G His refrain C E7 He said "You can write songs 'till you're blue in the face Am But son nothin's G Gonna change" C E7 And I think of that now as I'm writing this down Am trying to catch G Your gaze C E7 With some pretty words, wrapped in metaphors Am Hoping I can leave you G On a page C Take what's killing me, E7 Am Light it with kerosene, G Turn and walk away C May each verse I write E7 Am Be my last compromise G To simply numb the pain C E7 Am Because you know as well as I do F G C That these things will fade **Guitar 1 Solo** C E7 Am G (2x) C E7 I know a woman who lives alone Am In a house G Down the way C Who wears a beautiful gown E7 And a thorny crown Am G And hangs paintings without frames C She waters her plants E7 Am And feeds her shepard dog that's locked up G With no name C And every now and again E7 Something falls and breaks Am G And darkness leads the way C 'Cause when her husband died E7 Am There was no blinding light G Just an empty grave C Now her hallowed god E7 Am Is just a calloused fraud G And no one's ever saved C E7 Sometimes I hear her sing songs so true Am They remind me G Of a place C That I've never been E7 Am But her voice captures me, and I'm forced G To retrace C The steps to her door E7 Am Where I hide and listen, 'till her dog barks G From its cage C And she straightens up, E7 Am Looks right at me, and demands G In a wispy way C She says "Who are you?" E7 Am "What are you going to do?" G "Come out and show your face" C I said "Ma'm I've tried E7 Am My en---tire life G To try and answer that phrase C E7 Am But if you sing another song, F I think we'd be G C O-kay (Let ring) C E7 Am And should we all die tomorrow F At least we had G C To-day