Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Dm
Eb
Dm
Eb
Dm
Eb
Dm
Eb
G
F
Am
Eb
Gm
G
Am
Eb
Verse 1
Eb
F
Dm
Letting someone into my misery
Gm
G
How I landed on the is land
F
G
Am
F
Eb
And how I swam across the sea
Gm
G
Gsus4
G
And it crosses my mind
Am
Eb
That I may wake to a knife in me
Or ladies' underwear
To a neatly written poem
Gm
G
F
Gm
There is no more mys tery
G
F
Eb
Gm
G
Gsus4
It it going to
G
F
happen my love
Eb
Verse 2
C
Am
You're building a wall she said
So try living life
Am
Bb
Instead of hiding in the bedroom
Am
Dm
A
Eb
And I'll promise not to leave you
Verse 3
Passing through the dark south
And slept in a small bed
Eb
Dm
Gm
G
And we went off separately
Gsus4
Dm
G
I found your
Am
Eb
overseas souvenirs
F
Am
Bb
Banging a piano
Gm
C
Am
I've not been so alone I thought
I drank so much tea
Am
F
Bb
I wrote my letters in kanji
C
Am
Around the block I walked
and walked
F
Eb
Pretending you were with me
C
Dm
F
C
F
Not wanting to die
Eb
Csus4
out here
C
Dm
F
Without you
Interlude 1
C
F
Eb
F
Dm
Eb
Dm
Eb
Dm
Eb
Dm
Eb
F
G
Gm
Eb
F
Gm
Eb
Gm
G
Am
Eb
Gm
G
Am
Eb
Verse 4
Like birthdays and old friends
blood and bone is human
Dm
Gm
Dm
G
And like a medicine bottle
Am
Eb
In the cabinet I'll keep you
Gm
G
Gm
And like a medicine bottle
Am
Eb
In my hand I will hold you
F
Am
Without holding too tight
F
Am
And scowl at the houses
From my world in the bedroom
Eb
Am
It's all in my head she read
Am
Eb
And wants only to love you
Verse 5
C
Dm
F
F
Eb
Eb
Not wanting to die out here
C
Dm
F
Without you
Outro 1
F
C
Dm
F
Eb
Eb
Dm
F
Dm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm Eb G F Am...
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