Dsus2                               C9                 Dsus2
Now you're walking that well-healed ground Upon a fragile course
             Dsus2                     C9
The Gin Lane talk has been getting you down
                                Dsus2
Cos the hero Blake could not be found
                  C9               Dsus2    C9    Dsus2    C9
And yes there's a lot of faking going down

[Verse 2]:
    Dsus2                   C9
The smoke that clouded your eyes
             Dsus2
Was a daily event
                  Dsus2                 C9
And those weren't ghosts they were only men
                         Dsus2
Just the beauty that you sensed
           C9       Dsus2    C9
Could heal all indifference

[Chorus]:
            Am                  C
Beneath the cruel lives and the hard face
          Am                Dsus2
I can't believe what I have found
Em            G              C
I touched the spirit of this ordinary town
           Am                    C
And in the summer heat Under the crowded sheets
          Am               Dsus2
They were feathering their beds
Em         G              C                   Am
I felt the spirit Of this place we'd left for dead


[Verse 3]:
    Dsus2                  C9
The Darkened streets for a guide
                          Dsus2
We Search vainly for your sight
            Dsus2           C9
The Tension rising on every side
                        Dsus2
You find comfort in its might
             C9               Dsus2    C9    Dsus2    C9
But that sun burns more than she lights


[Chorus]:
            Am                  C
Beneath the cruel lives and the hard face
         Am                 Dsus2
I can't believe what I have found
Em            G              C
I touched the spirit of this ordinary town
           Am                    C
And in the summer heat Under the crowded sheets
          Am               Dsus2
They were feathering their beds
Em         G              C                   Am
I felt the spirit Of this place we'd left for dead

[Interlude]:  Em     C

Dsus2                C9
Further down in this town
                            Dsus2
You hear the common word of mouth
     Dsus2                          C9
That back-street talk just a hollow sound
                                Dsus2
Cos the hero Blake could not be found
                  C9               Dsus2
And yes there's a lot of faking going down

[Interlude]:
Am    C    Am    Dsus2    Em    G    C

Chorus:
            Am                  C
Beneath the cruel lives and the hard face
        Am                  Dsus2
I can't believe what I have found
Em            G              C
I touched the spirit of this ordinary town
           Am                    C
And in the summer heat Under the crowded sheets
          Am               Dsus2
They were feathering their beds
Em         G              C                   Am
I felt the spirit Of this place we'd left for dead