Intro: C, Dm, Am x4
[Verse 1]
C Dm Am C
Babe,
Dm Am C Dm Am C
there's something tragic about you
Dm Am Am Em G Am
something so magic about you
Em G C Dm Am C Dm Am
don't you agree
[Verse 2]
C Dm Am C
Babe,
Dm Am C Am Dm Am C
there's something lonesome about you
Dm Am Am Em G Am
something so wholesome about you
Em G C Dm Am C Dm Am
Get closer to me
[Bridge 1]
Am G Em F
no tight side, no rolling eyes, no irony
Am G F
no 'who cares', no vacant stares, no time for me
[Chorus]
C Dm Am G F
Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago
C Dm Am G F
Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword
C Dm Am G F
Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know
C Dm Am G F
I slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door
[Verse 3]
C Dm Am C
Babe,
Dm Am C Dm Am C
there's something wretched about this
Dm Am Am Em G Am
something so precious about this
Em G C Dm Am C Dm Am
where to begin
[Verse 4 played on live shows] (C, Dm, Am)
C Dm Am C
Babe,
Dm Am C Dm Am C
there's something broken about this
Dm Am Am Em G Am
but I might be open about this
Em G C Dm Am C Dm Am
oh what a sin
[Bridge 2]
Am G Em F
To the strand a picnic plan for you and me
Am G F
a rope in hand for your other man to hang from a tree
[Chorus] (C, Dm, Am, G, F)
C Dm Am G F
Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago
C Dm Am G F
Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword
C Dm Am G F
Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know
C Dm Am G F
I slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door
C Dm Am G F
Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago
C Dm Am G F
Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword
C Dm Am G F
Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know
C Dm Am G F
I slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door