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