Perfect Blue Buildings

song : perfect blue buildings artist : counting crows album : august and everything after year : 1993 Intro : Dm ( 2 bars ) [ Verse 1 ] Dm C A# A just down the street from your hotel , baby Dm C A# i stay at home with my disease Dm C A# A and aint this position familiar , darling Dm C A# well , all monkeys do what they see G A# help me stay awake , im falling . . . [ Verse 2 ] down on virginia and la loma where i got friends wholl care for me you got an attitude of everything i ever wanted i got an attitude of need help me stay awake , im falling . . . [ Chorus ] F C Gm A# asleep in perfect blue buildings F C Gm beside the green apple sea F C Gm A# gonna get me a little oblivion , baby F C Gm try to keep myself away from me repeat Intro [ Verse 3 ] its 4 : 30 A . m . on a tuesday it doesnt get much worse than this in beds in little rooms in buildings in the middle of these lives which are completely meaningless help me stay awake , im falling . . . [ Chorus ] asleep in perfect blue buildings beside the green apple sea gonna get me a little oblivion , baby try to keep myself away from myself and me F F C C Gm Gm A# A# ( x2 ) repeat Intro [ Verse 4 ] i got bones beneath my skin , and mister . . . theres a skeleton in every mans house beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody theres a dead man trying to get out please help me stay awake , im falling . . . [ Chorus ] asleep in perfect blue buildings beside the green apple sea gonna get me a little oblivion , baby try to keep myself away from me Outro A# i cant keep myself away from me how Am i gonna keep myself away from me