Intro: C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 step out to clutch the evening air G5 F5 G5 C5 G5 ?straction from your disrepair and all of those who say they know C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 walk the balustrade till dawn you won?t blink and you won?t yawn G5 C5 G5 never let your weakness show A5 G5 F5 A5 G5 F5 though i keep your picture on the wall unplug the phone in case you call G5 C5 G5 and dust collects upon the sill A5 G5 C5 G5 F5 still you misplace all your faith in words as though you?ll ever feel assured G5 C5 G5 if you don?t know you never will Chorus: C5 G5 A5 G5 but no i never meant you any harm D5 A5 G5 suffocating shelter of your arms C5 G5 D5 F5 ( G5 ) C5 if i let you down it wasn?t me but you who kept me round G5 C5 G5 linger on linger on C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 and while your tears fall dawn his cheek for the fallen, small and meek G5 C5 G5 look what the invalides compose C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 well he should've warned you from the start another callus on the heart G5 C5 G5 another victim of the throes A5 G5 F5 A5 G5 F5 G5 C5 G5 so sip your cigarettes and tea be sure you never think of me when your vanities unload A5 G5 C5 G5 F5 and in case your beauty makes you weep for what you touched but couldn?t keep G5 C5 G5 for what you had but couldn?t hold Chorus: C5 G5 A5 G5 but no i never meant you any harm D5 A5 G5 suffocating shelter of your arms C5 G5 D5 F5 ( G5 ) C5 if you should feel betrayed it wasn?t me but you who made me stay G5 C5 G5 linger on linger on Interlude: C5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 well i?ll take your convalescent dreams patch the wounds and sew the seams G5 C5 G5 get you ready for the fall C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 but should you miss me when i?m gone girl your memory serves you wrong G5 C5 G5 you never needed me at all A5 G5 F5 A5 G5 F5 but you can miss the hollow of my hand and all the lives that we had planned G5 C5 G5 all the jealousies you sold A5 G5 C5 G5 F5 and i?ll take back the youth you can?t repay all the hours i gave away G5 C5 G5 and all the lies i never told Chorus C5 G5 A5 G5 but no i never meant you any harm D5 A5 G5 suffocating shelter of your arms C5 G5 D5 F5 ( G5 ) C5 and if i did you wrong it wasn?t me but you who wrote this song G5 C5 G5 linger on linger on Outro: C5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5 C5
