Midnight Echo

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Suggested progression: Em – C – G – D

Verse 1

Em

Your coffee cup’s still by the sink

C

Like you’re coming back for one more drink

G

Your picture’s hanging crooked on the wall

D

I keep meaning to take it down, that’s all

Em

There’s tire marks fading in the drive

C

Funny what a man keeps alive

G

I tell everybody I’m moving on

D

Then every night I leave that damn light on

Pre-Chorus

C

Maybe I’m a fool

D

Maybe I already know

C

Some doors stay shut

D

No matter how long you leave them open

Chorus

G

But I’ll leave the porch light on

D

Till the last little bit of hope is gone

Em

Till I quit hearing your car

C

Every time headlights cross the yard

G

You don’t have to tell me I’m wrong

D

I’ve been telling myself all along

Em

You ain’t coming home

C

But tonight I ain’t ready to know

D

So I’ll leave the porch light on

Verse 2

Em

Your side of the bed stays cold and clean

C

Mine’s got the marks of a week’s bad dreams

G

I changed the sheets but I swear somehow

D

That old perfume’s still hanging around

Em

I took your number out of my phone

C

Didn’t mean I forgot it though

G

Some things disappear when they’re gone

D

Some things just learn how to haunt you

Pre-Chorus

C

Maybe I’m a fool

D

Maybe that’s what goodbye does

C

Makes a man hold on

D

When there ain’t a thing left to hold

Chorus

G

So I’ll leave the porch light on

D

Till the last little bit of hope is gone

Em

Till I quit hearing your car

C

Every time headlights cross the yard

G

You don’t have to tell me I’m wrong

D

I’ve been telling myself all along

Em

You ain’t coming home

C

But tonight I ain’t ready to know

D

So I’ll leave the porch light on

Bridge

C

One of these nights I’ll reach for that switch

G

And darkness won’t feel quite like this

Em

I’ll lock that door and let you go

D

But I ain’t there yet

C

No, I ain’t there yet

Final Chorus

G

So I’ll leave the porch light on

D

Even knowing damn well you’re gone

Em

Let it burn through the dark

C

For whatever’s still left of my heart

G

Tomorrow I might finally move on

D

Tomorrow I might wake up strong

Em

But tonight I’m alone

C

And I ain’t ready to let you go

D

So I’ll leave the porch light…

Em

…on.