Capo 3
Intro: C G C G Em Am F (x2)
F G C
Like a thistle on a tree, like the sparkle on the sea
G Am
You were made for glory
F G
And it's no wonder why you're here
F C
For all to see
F G C
But like a thorn on my flesh your beauty holds me
G Am
I can't find relief
F G
And it's no wonder why you're here
F C
To torture me
F C G C G
Sometimes a man must find relief
F C G C G
In what he can't touch, what he can't see
F C G C G
Maybe he knows that it won't do
F G
But it will do for tonight
F G
And now that you are out of sight
C G Am
I can only pray that you get out of my mind
F G
But those prayers don't often work for me
F C
You're all I see
F C G C G
Sometimes a man must find relief
F C G C G
In what he can't taste, what he can't see
F C G C G
Maybe he knows that it won't do
F G
But it will do for tonight
C G C G
Oh, for tonight
Em Am F
Oh, tonight
F G
Like a thorn upon my flesh
F G
Like a thorn upon my flesh
F C Am C G
Like a thorn upon my flesh
F C G C G
Sometimes a man must find relief
F C G C G
Whatever ways that he can
F C G C G
Maybe he knows that it won't do
F G
But it will do for tonight
F C G C G
Sometimes a man must take the fall
F C G C G
Few other ways will he learn
F C G C G
Just when he's ready to lose it all
F G
Someone comes along
F G C
Like a thistle on a tree, like the sparkle on the sea