STRAIGHT LINES (Suzanne Vega) ----------------------------- originally tabbed by schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider) modified by Bambi Kill (freezetag@hotmail.com) CHORDS: (normal tuning) or (dropped-D tuning) D7 XX0212 000212 Dsus4,5# XX0313 000313 (referred to as Ds4) D7sus9 XX0210 000210 (referred to as Ds9) Eb X6888X 111XXX F 133211 333XXX Gm 355333 555XXX Riff 1 = "Ds9 - D7 - Ds4" Riff 2 = "D7 Ds9 - D7 - Ds4" INTRO: (you must listen to the CD to get the timing) D7 D7 - Ds4 Riff 2 (x3) VERSE: Riff 1 Riff 1 There's a sound across the alley Riff 1 Riff 1 Of cold metal touching skin Riff 2 Riff 2 And you can see if you look in her window Riff 2 Riff 2 That she has gone and cut her hair again Riff 2 Riff 2 In straight lines Riff 2 Riff 2 Straaaaaight lines Eb F Those soft golden lights in the morning Eb F Are now on her wooden floor Eb F The wind has swept them through the apartment, she won't need them Gm F Eb D7 Anymore, anymore, anymore She's cut down on her lovers Though she still dreams of them at night She's growing straight lines where once were flowers She is streamlined, she is taking the shade down from the light To see the straight lines Straaaaaight lines She wants to cut through the circles That she has lived in before She wants to finally kill the delusions, she won't need them Anymore, anymore, anymore There's a sound across the alley Of cold metal too close to the bone And you can see if you look in her window The face of a woman finally alone Behind straight lines Straaaaaight lines Behind straight lines Straaaaaight lines [End on D7.]