From a Window Seat — Dawes
Chords and lyrics for From a Window Seat by Dawes (key of Em).
Intro
[Em] [C] [Am] [Em]
Verse 1
[Em]I buckle in my seatbelt and plug my headset in a chair
[C]And to the music, I watch flight attendants move
[Am]They are pointing out the exits, but it looks more like a prayer
[Em]Or an ancient dance their bloodline reaches through
[Em]These planes are good for sifting through
[C]The warriors from the men
[Am]I get time to sit and watch them for a while
[Em]You can see everywhere they're going
[C]And everywhere they've been
[Am]In how they look out at the clouds each time they smile
Chorus
[Em]And I think 'maybe he's in town for someone's birthday
[C]Or maybe he makes trouble everywhere
[Em]But as much he resists the conversation
[C]Between the rivers and the freeways
[Am]He knows it's [D]always [Em]there'
Verse 2
[Em]As the Northwest Passage sits somewhere below me as I sleep
[C]I dream of captains and explorers eating boots
[Am]When I ask if I can join them, and they offer one to me
[Em]I wake up as my home comes into view
[Em]So I reached out down for my notebook to see what impressions could be spun
[C]But it's just buildings and a million swimming pools
[Am]So I leaf back through the pages to see where I am from
[Em]Or for some crumbling map of what it's leading to
Chorus
[Em]And I find that the hero in this song that I am writing
[C]Doesn't know he's just an image of myself
[Em]But as much he resists the conversation
[C]Between the rivers and the freeways
[Am]He's somehow always [D]asking them [Em]for help
Solo
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Bridge
[Am]I want to make out all the signs I've been ignoring
[D]How the trees reach for the sky or in the length of someone's hair
[G]Cause when you don't know where you are going
[C]Any road will take you there
Chorus
[Em]So maybe I'm in town for someone's birthday
[C]Maybe I make trouble everywhere
[Em]But as much I resist the conversation
[C]Between the rivers and the freeways
[Am]I know it's [D]always [Em]there