Gm -  355333
B -   x24442


[Verse 1]
Bb7                         Eb     Ebm
   Haven't been awake since I left Holland
Bb7                       Eb     Ebm      Bb
   Life is but a dream so I keep rowing canals
                       Eb         Ebm
It's deceiving how the houses are built
Bb                           Eb            Ebm
  You'd never know how much space they can fill


[Chorus 1]
     Bb
It's hard to end
     Cm        Eb       Bb
I am crude and sweet in bed
     Cm     Eb   Bb
I am gentle in a dress
         Cm      Eb    Bb
I have a beating in my breast
             Cm
It's hard to end
     Eb      Bb
It's hard to end
             Cm
It's hard to end
N.C.
It's hard


[Verse 2]
Bb                         Eb     Ebm
  The world is pretty when I'm up high
Bb                         Cm            Gm B
  All the ugly things look nice drifting by
Bb                       Eb    Ebm
  The world is easy when I get high
Bb                               Cm      B
  I play those jukebox songs and wait to die


[Verse 3]
Bb7                               Eb             Ebm
   The street musicians played in time with each other
Bb7                                  Eb         Ebm     Bb
   Up through the window frame where we both discover canals
                          Eb
The scent of pastry carts hangs in the air
Bb                               Eb       Ebm
  The children throw their coins into the rivière


[Verse 4]
Bb7                               Eb         Ebm
   A kiss can taste so sweet like apples and wine
Bb7
   And disappear as quick
  Eb         B
A girl from another time


[Chorus 2]
   Bb
Balloons balloons
     Cm         Eb     Bb
They are always rising up
     Cm    Eb     Bb
I am never quite enough
        Cm      Eb
Sinking down to earth
     Bb
It's tough
            Cm
To get back up
   Eb       Bb
To get back up
            Cm
To get back up
N.C.
It's tough


[Verse 5]
Bb                         Eb     Ebm
  The world is pretty when I'm up high
Bb                         Cm            Gm B
  All the ugly things look nice drifting by
Bb                       Eb    Ebm
  The world is easy when I get high
Bb                               Cm      B
  I play those jukebox songs and wait to die
    B
and wait to die