I woke her up twice in the middle of the night
To ask what her name is and where [G/B]she m[G/A]ight live
To ask how many fingers she saw in this light
To ask if she might know what g[G/B]ives[G/A]

She said we rolled that Camaro, like a cowboy cigarette
Out on the highway in a puddle o[G/B]f bee[G/A]r
That’s just about how close to death you’re gonna get
Till the only thing standing is [G/B]fear[G/A]

Singing, oh darling, f[D/F#]aces were changed
The names of the innocent, the [G/B]story [G/A]at five
Oh darling, f[D/F#]aces get strange
But only the song surv[G/B]ives[G/A]
Ah [D/F#]ha_____

She said, now don’t you remember they put a patch on your eye
Like Dread Pirate Roberts, you looked so [G/B]unpla[G/A]nned
They cut off my wedding ring and you started to cry
A one-eyed Niagara Falls [G/B]man[G/A]

Singing, oh darling, f[D/F#]aces were changed
The names of the innocent, the [G/B]story [G/A]at five
Oh darling, f[D/F#]aces get strange
But only the song surv[G/B]ives[G/A]
Ah [D/F#]ha_____

(Instrumental solo)

I said, but I never married, I said with surprise
And is this the diamond you said t[G/B]hat y[G/A]ou lost
It was under my eyelids when they flushed out my eyes
Hell and I don’t know what the thin[G/B]g cos[G/A]t

Singing, oh darling, f[D/F#]aces were changed
The names of the innocent, the [G/B]story [G/A]at five
Oh darling, f[D/F#]aces get strange
But only the song surv[G/B]ives[G/A]

Singing, oh darling, f[D/F#]aces were changed
The names of the innocent, the [G/B]story [G/A]at five
Oh darling, f[D/F#]aces get strange
But only the song surv[G/B]ives[G/A]
Ah [D/F#]ha_____

(Outro)

take everything that we have
take it and burn it to the ground
some things were never meant to last
take it down, down, down
take it down
take it down, down, down
take it down

I”m still married to it all
that ain”t no place to hang around
my love is 50 feet tall
take it down, down, down
take it down
take it down, down, down
take it down

I”ve grown accustomed to the way
you hurled us into space
I”ll never make that trip
tears all rusted on my face
and I”m just an empty place
where your love used to fit

South Carolina where are you
we were once lost and now we”re found
the war is over, the battle”s through
take it down, down, down
take it down
take it down, down, down
take it down