Red House Painters - Michael Chords

Intro: G C9 G C9

G       C9       G       C9   
Michael,  where are you now?   x2
               D                       C9 
Somehow in my excitement the last time you called,
                    D                          C9 
It slipped again to ask your hidden whereabouts
                        D                         
I got a lead from your old triple ex-girlfriend,                              
    C9                           D
she said    "I heard he lost his mind again"
                          C9            Bm7      C9 
"Again?" I said, I didn't know that you ever did



G      C9      G       C9 
Michael, where are you now?  x2

Sleeping through the morning in flannel impaired
Getting high in southern air
Shoeless, sandy evenings down the unfamiliar
Last whiff of salt-water freedom
Skipping shells in the dead zone

G           C9         D*     C9   D*F#
   With the ghost on your side
G           C9         D*     C9    D*F#
   Of the state borderline,  whispering
G           C9       D*     C9    D*F#
   "Take it, take it, take it, take it
G           C9       D*   (just bass C F# G?)
   Take it ...

(guitar rhythm is more flowing here)
(tacit)          G                    C9
Do you remember our first subway ride?
G                     C9
Our first heavy metal haircuts?
G                     C9
Our last swim on the east coast?
G                                 C9
And me with my ridiculous looking pierced nose?
               D                       C9 
I remember your warm smile in the sun
               D                       C9 
The daydreaming boy without a shirt on
               D                       C9 
The Birmingham barfly father left the mother
                          D                   C9 ...
of three sons. You're the oldest juvenile delinquent bum

(tacit 8 beats)
                 G      C9  (repeat 8 times total)
My best friend