Key: E major
Intro 1
E
C#
F#m
A
E
Verse 1
prepared
This is the dress that I made
This is the child I brought up
C#
A
F#m
A
And this is the woman you laid
This is the perfume I wore
This is the hotel we stayed
This is the way that I lay
C#
A
F#m
A
And this is the woman you laid
E
B
This is the woman you laid
We promise ourselves this is
G#m
C
B
no one- night stand
Let us draw all the curtains
G#m
C
B
and strike up the band
And I'm thrilled by gentlest touch
G#m
C
of your hand we pretend
B
E
There's a tear, there's a tear
F#m
Am
E
through fear
This is the smile that I wore
This is the song that we played
This is the way that I lay
C#
F#m
And this is the woman you laid,
A
E
B
this is the woman you laid
Next morning our eyes filled
G#m
C
B
with sleepy regret
A kiss and goodbye and
G#m
C
B
a long cigarette
But the pillow I lay on is cold
G#m
C
and it's wet
F#m
Am
E
Bm
through fear
And knowing at least that love
E
G
Bm
came so near
Just adds to the weight of this bell
A
E
C#
F#m
A
E
bottomed tear
B
Roll out the red carpets and
G#m
C
B
unplug the phone
Root out the photos you've
G#m
C
B
already shown
'cause this is one night you
G#m
C
won't sleep alone
B
G#m
B
Just one night
F#m
Am
E
Bm
through fear
And knowing at least that love
E
G
Bm
came so near
Just adds to the weight of this
A
E
bell bottomed tear
There's a tear, there's a tear
C#
F#m
Not through confusion, through fear
A
E
Not through confusion, through fear.
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