C#  F#  C#  G#
C#  F#  C#  G#  C#
C#  C#  C#  B
[Verse 1]
C#                A#m
Across the street the river runs
C#                         A#m
Down in the gutter life is slipping away
C#                 A#m
Let me still exist in another place
F#                       G#
Running under cover of a helicopter blade
C#                            A#m
The flames are getting higher in effigy
C#                             A#m
Burning down the bridges of my memory
C#                      A#m
Love may still be alive somewhere someway
              F#                          G#
where they're downing only deer a hundred steel towns away
[Chorus]
       C#                    F#
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
         C#                                G#
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
   C#                      F#
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
          C#                          G#  C#
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing
C#
[Verse 2]
C#          A#m
Photographs and kerosene
C#                             A#m
light up my darkness, light it up, light it up
      C#                           A#m
I can still feel the touch of your thin blue jeans
F#                                 G#
Running down the alley I've got my eyes all over you babe
G#
Oh babe
[Chorus]
       C#                    F#
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
         C#                                G#
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
   C#                      F#
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
          C#                          G#  C#
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing
C#  B  C#  B  C#  B
[Bridge]
F# C#/F     D#m             C#
Oh I've got lightning in my veins
A#m                                  A#m
shifting like the handle of a slot machine
F#               C#/F     D#m   C#
Love may still exist in another place
         D#m
I'm just yanking back the handle
     G#
no expression on my face
[Chorus]
       C#                    F#
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
         C#                                G#
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
   C#                      F#
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
          C#                          G#  C#
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing
[Chorus]
       C#                    F#
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
         C#                                G#
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
   C#                      F#
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
          C#                          G#  C#
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing
C#  B
(strum each chord once and let ring until the next)
       C#                    F#
Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
         C#                                G#
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
   C#                      F#
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
          C#                          G#  C#