Tom: G
G D/F# Em C
There's a cardboard box in the alley, off St. Elmo Avenue
G D/F# Em C
Once belonged to a kitchen stove before it was ever used
G D/F# Em C
There's a bedroll in the box, where every night she lays her head
G D/F# Em7 C
If she don't keep her eye on them both, there'll be no box, and no more bed
Em7 C D
[Verse 2]
G D/F# Em C
There's a shopping cart in the alley with a bedroll and a box
G D/F# Em C
Once belonged to a Bi-Lo just down the road a couple blocks
G D/F# Em C
In that cart she cages an umbrella and a saxophone
G D/F# Em7 C
The umbrella for the rain, and the sax is for the cold
Em7 Cadd9 D
Ohh
[Chorus]
G D Cadd9 G D
Some nights she dreams of a home, one she's never known
G D Cadd9 D
Some nights she sings herself to sleep with the songs of the angels
G D/F# Em C (x2)
[Verse 3]
G D/F# Em C
There's a shotgun in the alley with the bedroll and the box
G D/F# Em C
Once belonged to Jesse James before he was ever caught
G D/F# Em C
With that gun she guards her mansion and her cart
G D/F# Em C
Because there's nothing like power to keep things the way they are
Em7 Cadd9 D
Ohh
[Chorus]
G D Cadd9 G D
Some nights she dreams of a home, one she's never known
G D Cadd9 D
Some nights she sings herself to sleep with the songs of the angels
G D/F# Em C
[Bridge]
Am C G D/F# Em
All these nights she dreams of a home, she carries around this hunger in her soul
Am C D
All these days she's wasted, she's gotta get away from here,
Cadd9 D
She's gotta leave this box and all her fear
[Chorus]
G D Cadd9 G D
Some nights she dreams of a home, one she's never known
G D Cadd9 D
Some nights she sings herself to sleep with the songs of the angels
[Outro]
G D Cadd9 G D
Some nights I dream of a home, one I've never known
G D Cadd9 D G
Some nights I sing myself to sleep with the songs of the angels
