Dawes – From A Window Seat (Guitar)

Em
I buckle in my seatbelt and plug my headset in a chair

            C
And to the music, I watch flight attendants move

           Am
They are pointing out the exits, but it looks more like a prayer

       Em
Or an ancient dance their bloodline reaches through

        Em
These planes are good for sifting through

       C
I get time to sit and watch them for a while

            Am
You can see everywhere they're going

              Em
In how they look out at the clouds each time they smile

              Em                                  C
And I think 'maybe he's in town for someone's birthday

    Em                           C
Or maybe he makes trouble everywhere

                   Em
But as much he resists the conversation

              C
Between the rivers and the freeways

Am             D        Em
He knows it's always there'

         Em
As the Northwest Passage sits somewhere below me as I sleep

             C
I dream of captains and explorers eating boots

        Am
When I ask if I can join them, and they offer one to me

    Em
I wake up as my home comes into view

      Em
So I reached out down for my notebook to see what impressions could be spun

                 C
But it's just buildings and a million swimming pools

       Am
So I leaf back through the pages to see where I am from

              Em
Or for some crumbling map of what it's leading to

                     Em                           C
And I find that the hero in this song that I am writing

          Em                             C
Doesn't know he's just an image of myself

                   Em
But as much he resists the conversation

              C
Between the rivers and the freeways

       Am             D              Em
He's somehow always asking them for help

                Am                             D
I want to make out all the signs I've been ignoring

          G                                 C
How the trees reach for the sky or in the length of someone's hair

Am                                       D
Cause when you don't know where you are going

Em      D                 C
Any road will take you there

     Em                              C
So maybe I'm in town for someone's birthday

Em                           C
Maybe I make trouble everywhere

                 Em
But as much I resist the conversation

             C
Between the rivers and the freeways

Am           D       Em
I know it's always there

Am           D       Em
I know it's always there

Am           D       Em
I know it's always there