Intro: Em, D, Em, D

Verse 1:
Em              D
Lights are bright in the circus
Em                              D
The geeks and the freaks all light cigarettes and laugh at your misery
Em                      D
While the weight of the curtain closing crushes your heart
Em                      D
The inertia of loneliness tears your flesh apart

G
It's a long slow slide
Em
It's a long slow slide
A
It's a long slow slide
D
Down

Em
Once the neon is gone
D
There's still that golden splinter at your side
Em                              D
His manners are charming, but who are you fooling? You are still nobody's bride
Em                      D
And Bukowski's widow haunts each empty seat on the ferris wheel
Em                      D
As ghoulish lovers collide in a collage of kisses that they steal

G
It's a long slow slide
Em
It's a long slow slide
A
It's a long slow slide
D
Down

D  -  A  -  Bm
D  -  A  -  Bm
D  -  G  -  C#m
D  -  A  -  Bm

Em                              D                               
And outside the window the circus crackles and lurches with rings of smoke
Em                              D
You laugh halfheartedly at the punchline, not realizing they've made you the joke
Em                           D
And inside my heart a war is raging in regions still untamed
Em                      D
The worst fear I can imagine is for the mystery to be named
Em              D
Is for the mystery to be named

G
It's a long slow slide
Em
It's a long slow slide
A
It's a long slow slide

G
It's a long slow slide
Em
It's a long slow slide
A
It's a long slow slide
D
Down



C#m = 556775