Center Aisle Chords

[Intro]
 
Em9
 
[Verse 1]
 
Em9                      C2                            D2      G5  D2/F#
Thank God I'm back in my car, and drivin' home, and drivin' home.
Em9                         C2                D2
'Cause the air was thin and so cold back in there.
          Em7                     A7sus
It was my first time, won't be my last time
        C2                   D2                          Em9
And the questions rise, expectations fall in light of it all.
                      C2               D2          G5      D2/F#
There aren't words to say; words aren't remembered, but presensce is.
Em9                    C2               D2             Em7
A good friend once told me, and he was there, he was there
                  A7sus4             C2                 D2
But she wasn't there.  And it's not fair, and it's not fair.
 
[Chorus 1]
 
G5                G/F#      Em7                    D2
What crimes have you committed, demanding such a penance,
                       C2                                G5
that couldn't wait for five more minutes and a cry for help?
                 G/F#       Em7                      D2
'Cause this room is so peaceful and this room is so quiet.
                 Em7                C2               Em9
And I hate the silence, and I can't walk the center aisle.
 
[Verse 2]
 
Em9                              C2add4
Well, I've been here for over three hours,
D2                     G5   D2/F#
           behind the flowers,
Em9                 C2          D2               Em7
so beautiful and young.  And so alive, and so in need of someone,
           A7sus4                           C2
someone to talk to them.  'Cause theirs are fragile lives.
 
[Chorus 1]
 
G5                G/F#      Em7                    D2
What crimes have you committed, demanding such a penance,
                       C2                              G5
that couldn't wait for five more minutes and a cry for help?
                 G/F#    Em7                        D2
'Cause this room is so peaceful and this room is so quiet.
                 Em7                C2               Em9
And I hate the silence, and I can't walk the center aisle.
 
[Bridge]
 
Em7                  A7sus4
And I think about my brother,
Em7                  A7sus4
and how I just stood there
Em7                   A7sus4                  C2
with my hands in my pockets and my heart in my throat.
 
[Verse 3]
 
Em9                     C2                 D2                G5   D2/F#
Thank God I'm back in my car and drivin' home, and drivin' home.
Em9                 C2            D2            Em7
But in that place I leave all my days of taking life for granted
        A7sus4            Em7                           A7sus4
and the words I wrote for her and my best friend crying,
                  C2
and a young girl lying on all our hearts.
 
[Chorus 2]
 
G5                G/F#      Em7                    D2
What crimes have you committed, demanding such a penance,
                       C2                              G5
that couldn't wait for five more minutes and a cry for help?
                 G/F#    Em7                        D2
'Cause this room is so peaceful and this room is so quiet.
                 Em7
And I hate the silence
C2               Em7                C2              Em9
And I hate the silence, and I can't walk down the center aisle.
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