You Me And A High Balcony

standard tuning tabbed from the recording posted on john darnielle’s tumblr B D#m clean slate , warm weather E B F# they should tie our ankles both together B D#m seagulls calling to one another E B F# if a stranger should ask you you can tell him i’m your brother E B lean into me press real hard E B F# i got no good reasons left not to let down my guard C#m B i love your kiss C#m E F# but it’s going to come down to this B E B E you and me on a high balcony B F# E F# and professional wrestling on pay - per - view B E B E windows and light and the radio blaring all night B F# E F# B and the truth slowly dawning on me and then on you B D#m let’s pretend we’re all alone E B F# let’s unplug the telephone B D#m our scale doesn’t slide E B F# here comes tonight hey open wide E B don’t blink don’t try too hard not to E B F# just rehearse the alibis your father taught you C#m B see the plastic coating on the windows blister C#m B F# anybody asks you tell them you’re my sister yeah B E B E you and me and a table set for three B F# E F# just in case our assassin should finally come through B E and ??? and matches B E why don’t we cook up two more batches? B F# E F# B with the ??? closing in on me and then on you Outro : B E B E B E F# ( one stroke ) E