Dm           F                Bb
  Under some dirty words on a dirty wall,
C       F           Bb
 eating take-out by myself.
Gm             C      Gm              C
  I played the shows, got back in the van
            Bb              Bb
and put the walkman on, and you were playing.
Dm           F          Bb
  Some other dive 1,000 miles away,
C            F             Bb
 I've played 1,000 times before,
Gm             C           Gm                   C
  like pathetic stars, the truck stops, and the rock club
          Bb               Bb
walls I always knew.  You saw them too...


                  F           
But you never will again
C           Gm  Bb                F
 It's too late.    Ahh, don't you know
           C               Bb
It's been too late, for a long time.


Dm       F                      Bb
  Elliot man, you played a fine guitar 
C         F     Bb   
 and some dirty basketball. 
Gm              C     Gm       C
  The songs you wrote got me a lot, 
             Bb 
just want to tell you that.


             F     C          Bb
But it's too late,   it's too late. 
               F              C              Bb 
Nah, don't you know it's been too late for a long time. 

[BRIDGE]
Gm C   F                   Bb                    Gm  Bb
Oh no, things were looking up, least that's what I heard.
Gm C   F                Bb               Gm          A        Dm
Oh no, someone came and washed away your hard-earned peace of mind. 

[INSTRUMENTAL]
F   C  Bb 
Dm F Bb
Bb F Dm C


Dm               F                Bb
  When desperate static beats the silence up,
C          F                 Bb
 And quiet truth to calm you down, 
Gm             C           Gm               C
 The songs you wrote, they got me through a lot,
             Bb 
Just want to tell you that. 


             F     C          Bb
But it's too late,   it's too laaaaaate. 
               F              C              Bb 
Nah, don't you know it's been too late for a long time. 


         F
It's too laaaaaate.
         Bb
It's too laaaaaate.
              F               C              Bb
No, don't you know, it's been too late for a long time.