Verse 1
C#m B C#m E B
The
C#sus4 C# C#sus4
C#m
smoking haze of yesterdays
G#
Set ting dates with early graves
F# G# F#
These spinning plates will one
C#sus4 C#
day break
Verse 2
C# C#m
Warning signs tomorrows
G#
Running on time borrowed
F# C#
Mother's not married, so father be wary
C#m G#
Of what you preach
F# C#sus4
Verse 3
B
Stay asleep at the wheel and never
C#m
Care enough
E B E B C#
The crash is coming
Interlude 1
C#sus4 C# F# C#m
Verse 4
C#m
Will the end align with my insides
G#
Or millions led to no surprise
F# G# F# C#sus4
Tidal wave of smoke
C#
and haze
Verse 5
C# C#m
Quick to have the trigger pulled
G# G#sus4 G#
Who will accountable
F#
Brother wears able,
C#
'cause father won't pay for
What you've done
G# C#sus4
Verse 6
G#
C#m B
Stay asleep at the wheel and never
C#m E
Care enough
B E B
The crash is coming
C#m E B
Are we destined to see a tragedy?
C#m E B
Look away, the crash is coming
Verse 7
C#m
G#
Mother, daughter, son and father
F#
Lead to the slaughter
C# C#m
We drink from the water
G# G#sus4 G# F#
And bleed at the altar
B F# B F# C#
You preach with a loaded gun
Verse 8
C#m E B
Stay asleep at the wheel and never
C#m E
Care enough
B E B
The crash is coming
C#m B
Are we destined to see a tragedy?
C#m E B E B
Look away, the crash is coming
Outro 1
C#m E
B C#m E B C#m E
B C#m E B A C#m
Soma is what they would take when
Hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing against sunbeams
Losing against fig dreams
In your eyes
And I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
Said I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
Let's go
When I saw her for the first time
Lips moved as her eyes closed
Heard something in his voice
"And I'll be there," he says
Then he walks out
Somehow he was trying too hard
To be like them
Well I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
And I am
Stop
Oh, darling let me go
Tried it once and they liked it
Then tried to hide it
Says, "I've been doing this twenty-five years"
Well I'm not listening no more
And these friends, they keep asking for more
Oh yeah, oh but that's it
From the album
Is This It
The Strokes · 2001 · Track 0