Ab Cm
This time of night I could call you up
Bbm Db
I'd get angry with athletic ease, break common laws in twos and threes
Ab Eb
If I die clutching your photograph
Bbm Db
Don't call me boring, It's just 'cause I like you
Ab Cm
Well, Take me on back Take me on back and take me back
Bbm
To the place where I could feel your heart
Db
Is this the end or just the start of
Ab Eb
Something really, really beautiful
Bbm Db
Wrapped up and disguised as something really, really ugly,
Fm
Won't you...
Db Db Db Ab Cm Fm
Come by and see me, I'm a love letter away
Db Ab Cm Cm7
I'd break your name before I'd say, "I really love you, love you, "
Db Ab Cm Fm
I don't care if you saw, I watched every inch of film
Db Ab
Flash across your Roman features,
Cm Cm Fm
And I loved it, loved it; I don't care if
Ab Cm
You think I'm eager to shut your eyes, well
Bbm Db
I'm sorry-everybody knows you can't break me with your gutter prose
Ab Eb
Would you believe it, she sent me a letter,
Bbm Db
The ring, it nearly weighs her down, she's got another boy, oh boy
Ab Cm
Steady your ears Steady your ears and read my lips
Bbm Db
Poetry is not a luxury, it's how I'll break this home
Ab Eb
And when I'm really ill, won't you cradle me?
Bbm Db
Man is not a noble animal, but maybe woman is, remember,
Fm
I heard you...
Db Db Db Ab Cm
Fm
In-side your room, you said, "You never really live
Db A Cm Cm7
Until your back's against the wall, " oh did you really mean it?
Db Ab Cm Fm
Db
I never break my gaze, if just to see this scar remain reflected in your eyes
Ab Cm Cm
I think it's time to go home
GUITAR SOLO Use same progression as verse (Ab Cm Bbm
Ab Eb Bbm Db)
Ab Cm
Oh, tell me your thoughts, tell me your thoughts on liberty,
Bbm Db
See there's a place where I sink to sleeping
Ab Eb
Oh, my vote is as red as my blood
Bbm Dc
Will you join me for another round? I haven't had the chance to speak yet
Fm
God speed...
Db Db Db Ab Em
Fm
I break the law once every week to feel your touch,
Db Db Cm Cm7
What's a book to you in bed, Do you feel better, older?
Dm Ab Cm Fm
This just makes me ill, your name is dripping from my pen
Db Ab
Still you're not around to curse,
Cm Cm Fm
I'll drop the gun now, I'm still under you...
Instrumental
Fm Db repeated
Ab Fm
Marianne, let the ghosts sleep tonight.
Ab Fm
Marianne, let the ghosts sleep, just shut your eyes and burn the past away