Standard Tuning, No Capo
Ab Cm
This time of night I could call you up
Bbm C#
I'd get angry with athletic ease, break common laws in twos and threes
Ab Eb
If I die clutching your photograph
Bbm C#
Don't call me boring, It's just 'cause I like you
Ab Cm
Well, Take me on back Take me on back and take me back
Bbm
To the place where I could feel your heart
C#
Is this the end or just the start of
Ab Eb
Something really, really beautiful
Bbm C#
Wrapped up and disguised as something really, really ugly,
Fm
Won't you...
C# C# C# Ab Cm Fm
Come by and see me, I'm a love letter away
C# Ab Cm Cm7
I'd break your name before I'd say, "I really love you, love you, "
C# Ab Cm Fm
I don't care if you saw, I watched every inch of film
C# Ab
Flash across your Roman features,
Cm Cm Fm
And I loved it, loved it; I don't care if
Ab Cm
You think I'm eager to shut your eyes, well
Bbm C#
I'm sorry-everybody knows you can't break me with your gutter prose
Ab Eb
Would you believe it, she sent me a letter,
Bbm C#
The ring, it nearly weighs her down, she's got another boy, oh boy
Ab Cm
Steady your ears Steady your ears and read my lips
Bbm C#
Poetry is not a luxury, it's how I'll break this home
Ab Eb
And when I'm really ill, won't you cradle me?
Bbm C#
Man is not a noble animal, but maybe woman is, remember,
Fm
I heard you...
C# C# C# Ab Cm
Fm
In-side your room , you said, "You never really live
C# A Cm Cm7
Until your back's against the wall, " oh did you really mean it?
C# Ab Cm Fm
C#
I never break my gaze, if just to see this scar remain reflected in your eyes
Ab Cm Cm
I think it's time to go home
GUITAR SOLO Use same progression as verse ( Ab Cm Bbm
Ab Eb Bbm C# )
Ab Cm
Oh, tell me your thoughts, tell me your thoughts on liberty,
Bbm C#
See there's a place where I sink to sleeping
Ab Eb
Oh, my vote is as red as my blood
Bbm Dc
Will you join me for another round? I haven't had the chance to speak yet
Fm
God speed...
C# C# C# Ab Em
Fm
I break the law once every week to feel your touch,
C# C# Cm Cm7
What's a book to you in bed, Do you feel better, older?
Dm Ab Cm Fm
This just makes me ill, your name is dripping from my pen
C# Ab
Still you're not around to curse,
Cm Cm Fm
I'll drop the gun now, I'm still under you...
Instrumental
Fm C# repeated
Ab Fm
Marianne, let the ghosts sleep tonight.
Ab Fm
Marianne, let the ghosts sleep, just shut your eyes and burn the past away
