G5
Willow, weep for me 
          D5
Bow your tallest tree 
             A5
Down to the infamous hands 
           C5             D5
Of someone no one understands 
          G5
I'm not unique in this 
               D5
It's based on none but my mistake
           A5
At night I lie awake 
             C5                  D5
Thinking of all the hearts I'd happily break 

      A5
It's cruel, I know 
               D5
At least they tell me so 
              A5                            G5
Well someone lock me up and throw away the key 
                            C5
Because I'm not ashamed, oh no 
     D5
Oh, willow 

        G5
That I only write love songs 
     D5
To those whom I don't love 
        A5
I only reach for him 
               C5               D5
Who's tied to someone else's glove 
              G5
That which I hold inside 
         D5
Which I admire and deride 
            C5                D5
Which I protect and hide is yours 

         G5
Willow, weep for me 
            D5
Don't think I don't see
               A5
This life I'm living in two
                C5               D5
But still it's something I must do
          G5
I'm not unique in this 
           D5
Nor am I special, sweet or kind 
           A5
I court a thousand smiles 
       C5              D5
Yet I keep my own to hide behind

      A5
It's cruel I know 
               D5
At least they tell me so 
              A5                            G5
Well someone lock me up and throw away the key 
                            C5
Because I'm not ashamed, oh no 
     D5
Oh, willow 

        G5
That I only write love songs 
     D5
To those whom I don't love 
        A5
I only reach for him 
               C5               D5
Who's tied to someone else's glove 
              G5
That which I hold inside 
         D5
Which I admire and deride 
            C5                D5
Which I protect and hide is yours

  A5            G5
Slander and dissention 
         D5               A5
They're parlour games to me 
            G5                 D5
Papers overrun with lies too mad to mention 
A5                  G5
You say they never hurt you 
    D5                A5
No consequence, I'm happy 
                    G5
We're much too far above it all 
    D5                  A5
But oh no, that's not true 
                                  E5
These wicked pastimes take their toll 
                               A5
These tyrant vices break your soul 
                      E5
Deliver me from all I am 
           G5
And all I never want to be 
A5
I love you (Oh willow, willow, willow)
  D5
Doubt me not 
    C5                  E5
Rewrite this plot for all to see 


       G5
And I only write love songs 
     D5
To those whom I don't love 
        A5
I only reach for him 
               C5               D5
Who's tied to someone else's glove 
              G5
That which I hold inside 
         D5
Which I admire and deride 
            C5                D5
Which I protect and hide is yours

A5          G5               D5                 A5
Bend your branches to the ground and hold me close 
        G5              D5                 A5
Let me harmonize with all that?s good in you 
            G5            D5
Share your sympathy and weep for me 
     A5
Oh, willow, heal the hearts I've broken 
 C5                 D5
Make me pure and start my song anew 

G5  D5  A5  C5  D5

       G5
For I only write love songs 
     D5
To those whom I don't love 
        A5
I only reach for him 
               C5               D5
Who's tied to someone else's glove 
              G5
That which I hold inside 
         D5
Which I admire and deride 
            C5                D5
Which I protect and hide is yours
               G5
Is yours, is yours