Key: C major
Verse 1
That wasn't what I heard
For the sake of conversation
I took her at her word
The lights went out behind us
The fireflies undressed
The broken sidewalk ended
I touched her sleeping breasts
They opened to me urgently
Like lilies from the dead
Behind a fine embroidery
Her nipples rose like bread
Then I took off my necktie
And she took of her dress
My belt and pistol, set aside,
we tore away the rest
Verse 2
And I was passing through
F
C
So I took her to the river
F
C
As any man would do
Verse 3
Like schools of startled fish
Though I've forgotten half my life
I still remember this
Now, as a man I won't repeat
The things she said aloud
Except for this, my lips are sealed forever
And for now
And soon there's sand in every kiss
And soon the dawn is ready
And soon the night surrenders
To a daffodil machete
G
C
I gave her something pretty
And I waited till she laughed
I wasn't born a gypsy
To make a woman sad
Verse 4
C
F
C
The night of Santiago
And I was passing through
I took her to the river
F
C
As any man would do
The night of Santiago (night of Santiago)
F
C
And I was passing through
(I was passing through)
I took her to the river
F
C
As any man would do
F
C
Verse 5
F
C
I didn't fall in love
Of course, it's never up to you
Am
C
But she was walking back and forth
When I took her to the river
In her virginal apparel
When I took her to the river
Her children and her husband
You were born to judge the world
F
C
Forgive me, but I wasn't
Verse 6
C
F
C
The night of Santiago
And I was passing through
I took her to the river
F
C
As any man would do
Verse 7
C
G
The night of Santiago
And I was passing through
(I was passing through)
I took her to the river
F
C
As any man would do
Verse 8
(night of Santiago)
And I was passing through
(I was passing through)
So I took her to the river
F
C
As any man would do
Verse 9
C
F
C
The night of Santiago
And I was passing through
(I was passing through)
F
C
So I took her to the river
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Am Fm
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