Bishops Avenue

Capo: 2nd fret

G         Bm               C  G
Summer is sweet on Bishops Avenue.
                Bm                C     D7
The nightingale sings and all the roses bloom
      G              Bm                 C         D7
I can feel there’s a dream that we must wake from soon,
        G      C             D                G
But I’d rather stay a little longer here with you.
               C             D7               G
Oh, I’d rather stay a little longer here with you.
G           Bm                    C       G
Catch every raindrop like they’re falling stars,
                  Bm                 C         D7
And then when the pain stops, let me hold your heart.
      G        Bm                    C        D7
I may not understand it, though I’ve seen its scars,
        G      C             D               G
And I’d rather stay a little longer where we are.
               C             D7          G
Oh, I’d rather stay a little longer where we are.
             Em           C
And we’ll go on, we’ll go on
       G                D
Like before, but always distant,
         Em           C          G               D
We’ll go on, and I’ll turn every time I feel the pull;
         Em           C
We’ll go on, we’ll go on,
       G              D
Like before, but only different,
         Em           C            G                   D
We’ll go on, and I’ll learn how to breathe when love is gone.
G         Bm               C  G
Summer is short on Bishops Avenue.
                    Bm                  C                     D7
The leaves start to fall, like sunlight shards through broken roofs.
      G             Bm             C        D7
I can feel that the dream is dying just too soon,
        G      C            D          G
And I’d rather lie a little longer here with you.
               C            D7         G
Oh, I’d rather lie a little longer here with you.
             Em           C
And we’ll go on, we’ll go on
       G                D
Like before, but always distant,
         Em           C          G               D
We’ll go on, and I’ll turn every time I feel the pull;
         Em           C
We’ll go on, we’ll go on,
       G              D
Like before, but only different,
         Em           C            G                    D
We’ll go on, and I’ll learn how to breathe when love is gone.
         C                                     D
Going in circles, looking for angels, but it’s too late, now.
           C                                   D     D7
Feeling so empty, nothing can cure me; Oh, I’m going down.
        C                                     D
Fire so frightening, looking for something to numb this pain.
                C                                        D       D7
Walking through crowds with the music so loud so I don’t feel anything.
             Em           C
And we’ll go on, we’ll go on
       G                D
Like before, but always distant,
         Em           C          G               D
We’ll go on, and I’ll turn every time I feel the pull;
         Em           C
We’ll go on, we’ll go on
       G              D
Like before, but only different,
         Em           C            G                    D
We’ll go on, and I’ll learn how to breathe when love is gone.
         Em           C
We’ll go on, we’ll go on,
       G                D
Like before, but always distant,
         Em           C          G               D
We’ll go on, and I’ll turn every time I feel the pull;
         Em           C
We’ll go on, we’ll go on
       G              D
Like before, but only different,
         Em           C            G                    D
We’ll go on, and I’ll learn how to breathe when love is gone.
G         Bm               C  G
Summer is sweet on Bishops Avenue.
                Bm                C     D7
The nightingale sings and all the roses bloom.