One Headlight — The Wallflowers
Chords and lyrics for One Headlight by The Wallflowers (key of F).
Intro
[Fmaj7] [C] [E] [Am]
Verse 1
[Fmaj7]So long ago I don't remember [C]when
[E]That's when they say I lost my only [E7]friend [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]They said she died easy of a broken heart [C]disease
[E]As I listened through the cemetary [E7]trees [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]I seen the sun coming up at the funeral at [C]dawn
[E]The long broken arm of human [E7]law [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]It always seemed such a waste she always had a pretty [C]face
[E]I wondered why she hung around this [Am]place [G]
Interlude
[Fmaj7] [E] [E7]
Chorus
[Fmaj7]Come on try a little nothing is [C]forever
[Dm]There's got to be something better than in the [G]middle
[Fmaj7]Me and Cinderella put it all [C]together
[Dm]We can drive it home with one [G]headlight
Interlude
[Fmaj7] [C] [E] [E7] [Am] [G]
Verse 2
[Fmaj7]She said it's cold it feels like independence [C]day
[E]And I can't break away from this [E7]parade [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of [C]me
[E]Through this maze of ugliness and [E7]greed [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]I seen the sign up ahead at the county line [C]bridge
[E]Saying all is good and nothingness is [E7]dead [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]Runnin' till she's out of breath she ran until there's nothing [C]left
[E]She hit the end it's just her window [E7]ledge [Am] [G]
Interlude
[Fmaj7] [E] [E7]
Chorus
[Fmaj7]Come on try a little nothing is [C]forever
[Dm]There's got to be something better than in the [G]middle
[Fmaj7]Me and Cinderella put it all [C]together
[Dm]We can drive it home with one [G]headlight
Interlude
[Fmaj7] [C] [E] [E7] [Am] [G]
Verse 3
[Fmaj7]This place is old feels just like a beat up [C]truck
[E]I turn the engine but the engine doesn't [E7]turn [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]It smells of cheap wine and cigarettes this place is always such a [C]mess
[E]Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it [E7]burn [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]Now i sit alone I feel just like somebody [C]else
[E]Man I ain't changed but I know I ain't the [E7]same [Am] [G]
[Fmaj7]But somewhere here in between these city walls of dying [C]dreams
[E]I think her death it must be killing [E7]me [Am] [G]
Interlude
[Fmaj7] [E] [E7]
Chorus
[Fmaj7]Come on try a little nothing is [C]forever
[Dm]There's got to be something better than in the [G]middle
[Fmaj7]Me and Cinderella put it all [C]together
[Dm]We can drive it home with one [G]headlight
Outro
[Fmaj7] [C] [E] [E7] [Am] [G]