Am (x02210@1)                             DThe (xx0232@1)first girl that I fell for was a fair and faithful fighter
     G (320003@1)                                   AmShe (x02210@1)smouldered with a will to save the world
   Am (x02210@1)                            DI (xx0232@1)did my best to help her, yeah I stood shoulder to shoulder
        G (320003@1)                             AmOn (x02210@1)the front lines with my visionary girl

Dm (xx0231@1)
I wish that she had cared for me
            GBut (320003@1)in the end her ideologies
 C (x32010@1)          C/B (x2555x@1)           AmOccupied (x02210@1)the fortress of her heart
            Dm (xx0231@1)                              GI (320003@1)wrote her 15 songs, but still we had to part

F (133211@1)           FmAnd (133111@1)if music was the food of love
         C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)     GThen (320003@1)I'd be a fat romantic slob
      F (133211@1)             Fm (133111@1)          CWell (x32010@1)music, it's my substitute for love
     Am (x02210@1)                             DThe (xx0232@1)last girl that I loved she was a low and lusty liar
     G (320003@1)                                 AmShe (x02210@1)set my heart on fire, but made me choke
     Am (x02210@1)                                   DHer (xx0232@1)beauty was a sight to see, but she didn't save it all for me
         G (320003@1)                          AmI (x02210@1)found other fires by following the smoke

Dm (xx0231@1)                              GI (320003@1)wish that she had either cared for me or
let be me
         C (x32010@1)            C/B (x2555x@1)            AmBut (x02210@1)she chased me from mind and from my home
             Dm (xx0231@1)                      GI (320003@1)wrote her 16 songs, but I ended up alone

F (133211@1)            FmAnd (133111@1)if love is really all that we need
      C (x32010@1)          C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)        GThen (320003@1)even all my singing is never gonna save me
  F (133211@1)           Fm (133111@1)           CMusic (x32010@1)it's my substitute for love

Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)             CWell (x32010@1)I've had many different girls inside my bed
     Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)           FBut (133211@1)only one or two inside my head
               Dm (xx0231@1)       Cadd9 (x32030@1)      GThese (320003@1)days I cuddle up to my guitar instead
     F (133211@1)              Fm (133111@1)          C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)          AmBut (x02210@1)oh, what I would give, not to stumble but to really fall in love
              F (133211@1)                          G (320003@1)     
And I could substitute my singing for the sound of someone sleeping next to 
Cme (x32010@1)