Intro: B, G, B, G, B, G, B, G,

B (x2444x@1)                      EYour (022100@1)heart sings like a kettle

G (320003@1)                         BAnd (x2444x@1)your words, they boil away like steam.

B (x2444x@1)                             EAnd (022100@1)a lie burns long while the truth bites quick,

G (320003@1)                                BA (x2444x@1)heart is built for both it seems.

B (x2444x@1)                      EYou (022100@1)are lonely as a church,

G (320003@1)                   BDespite (x2444x@1)the queuing out your door.

B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)       G (320003@1)         B (x2444x@1)       
I am empty as a promise, no more.

F# (244322@1)       E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1) When the time comes,

F# (244322@1)          E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)rights have been read,

F# (244322@1)          EI (022100@1)think of you often

B (x2444x@1)       F# (244322@1)        E (022100@1)       
But for once I meant what I said.

B, G, B, G, B, G, B, G

B (x2444x@1)                EI (022100@1)was salted by your hunger,

G (320003@1)                     BNow (x2444x@1)you've gone and lost your appetite

B (x2444x@1)                   E (022100@1)           G (320003@1)             BAnd (x2444x@1)a little bird is every bit as handy in a fight.

B (x2444x@1)            EI (022100@1)am lonely as a memory

G (320003@1)                        BDespite (x2444x@1)the gathering round the fire.

B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)          G (320003@1)    BAren't (x2444x@1)you every bird on every wire?

F# (244322@1)         E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)  When the time comes,

F# (244322@1)           E (022100@1)      BAnd (x2444x@1)rights have been read,

F# (244322@1)         EI (022100@1)think of you often

B (x2444x@1)          F# (244322@1)      E (022100@1)        BBut (x2444x@1)for once I meant what I said.

F# (244322@1)      E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)Here I stay, I lay me down,

F# (244322@1)       E (022100@1)      BIn (x2444x@1)a house by a hill.

F# (244322@1)            E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)         E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)I'm dug from the rubble,    and cut from the kill.

F# (244322@1)       E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)Here I stay, I lay me down,

F# (244322@1)       E (022100@1)        BIn (x2444x@1)a house by the Hill.

F# (244322@1)            E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)         E (022100@1)     BI'm (x2444x@1)dug from the rubble,    and cut from the kill.         (Times 3)