Tabbed by: Robert Farrell
Tuning: Standard
Key: A major

[Intro]


[Verse 1]

 I thought I s

aw you in the 

Battleship
             
 but it was on

      
ly a look-a-li

ke

 She was nothi

ng but a visio

n trick
          
 Under the war

ning light
           
She was close,

             
 close enough 

             
to be your gho

#
st
         
But my chances

 turned to toa

st
             
When I asked h

            
er if I could 

              
call her your 

          
name

[Verse 2]

I thought I sa

w you in the R

usty Hook
             
 Huddled up in

    
 a wicker chai

r

 I wandered ov

er for a close

r look
             
 And kissed wh

           
oever was sitt

ing there
           
She was close,

             
 and she held 

              
me very tightl

 
y
             
'Til I asked a

              
wfully politel

   
y, please
            
Can I call you

               
 her name

[Chorus]
             
And I elongate

           
d my lift home

,
           
   Yeah, I let

              
 him go the lo

           
ng way 'round
  
I smelt your s

cent on the se

atbelt
     
And kept my sh

ortcuts to mys

elf

[Instrumental]
  

[Verse 3]

 I thought I s

aw you in the 

Parrot's Beak,
             
 Messing with 

      
the smoke alar

m,

 It was too lo

ud for me to h

ear her speak,
             
 And she had a

   
 broken arm,
           
It was close, 

             
so close that 

              
the walls were

 
 wet
             
And she wrote 

              
it out in letr

   
a-set
            
No, you can't 

             
call me her na

#
me

[Bridge]
             
 Tell me where

         
's your hiding

 place
             
 I'm worried I

       
'll forget you

r face
    
And I've asked

 everyone
            
I'm beginning 

              
to think I ima

             
gined you all 

   
along

[Chorus]
             
And I elongate

           
d my lift home

,
           
   Yeah, I let

              
 him go the lo

           
ng way 'round
  
I smelt your s

cent on the se

atbelt
    
And kept my sh

ortcuts to mys

elf

[Solo]
  
  
 
 

[Verse 4]

 I saw your si

ster in the Co

rnerstone
             
 On the phone 

        
to the middle 

man

 When I saw th

at she was on 

her own
             
 I thought she

        
 might underst

and
           
She was close,

             
 well you coul

              
dn't get much 

  
closer
              
She said I'm r

             
eally not supp

             
osed to but ye

s,
            
You can call m

              
e anything you


 want