Key: A major•
Intro 1
[Fade in]
A
Bm7
C#m
Dadd9
E
Verse 1
E
F#m
If love is a bolt from the blue
D
A
Then what is that bolt but a glorified screw
D
E
That doesn't hold nothing together?
Verse 2
E
F#m
There's nothing there; it's like eating air
D
A
It's like drinking gin with nothing else in
D
E
That doesn't hold me together
Chorus 1
A
Bm7
But for one crowded hour
C#m
Dadd9
you were the only one in the room
D
A
to your beacon in the gloom
A
F#m
in the middle of that purple June
A
Bm7
But one crowded hour
D
E
A
would lead to my wreck and ruin
Verse 3
C#m
Dadd9
From the bowl with a silver spoon
D
A
By the silvery light of the moon
A
F#m
In as far as their bleeding eyes see
D
E
Not for the likes of me
A
D
E
Not for the likes of you and me
Chorus 2
A
Bm7
And for one crowded hour,
C#m
Dadd9
you were the only one in the room
D
A
to your beacon in the gloom
A
F#m
in the middle of that purple June
A
Bm7
But one crowded hour
D
E
A
would lead to my wreck and ruin
Bridge 1
C#m
Bm
A
of the song land
E
C#m
Bm
A
She takes into hers my hand
F#m
B7
She says, "Boy I know you're ly ing
C#m
Bm
E
Oh but then, so am I,"
Solo 1
And to that I said "Oh well"
A
Bm
C#m
D
E
F#m
D/A
A
C#
D
A
F#m
A7
Bm7
D
E
Verse 4
A
Bm
They put me in a cage full of lions
E
F#m
the language well I picked it up
D
A
while I was versing myself in the language
C#m
D
That night, the silence gave birth to a baby
E
F#m
They took it away to her silent dismay
D
A
And they raised it to be a la dy
D
E
Now she can't keep her mouth shut
Chorus 3
A
Bm7
And for one crowded hour
C#m
Dadd9
you were the only one in the room
D
A
to your beacon in the gloom
A
F#m
in the middle of that purple June
A
Bm7
But one crowded hour
D
E
A
would lead to my wreck and ruin
Chorus 4
A
Bm7
Yes, that one crowded hour
C#m
Dadd9
you were the only one in the room
D
A
In fact I played this very tune
A
F#m
but an adolescent loom?"
A
Bm7
And one crowded hour
D
E
A
would lead to my wreck and ruin
Outro 1
A
Bm7
Yes, and one crowded hour
D
E
A
would lead to my wreck and ruin
A
Bm7
Oh, that one crowded hour
D
E
A
would lead to my wreck and ruin
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA Bm7 C#m Dadd9 E...
A
Bm7
C#m
Dadd9
E
F#m
D
C#
Bm
B7
D/A
A7
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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