Transcribed by Chris Rittelmeyer

NOTE: This is not the version from The Bittersweet album. I'm not sure what LP or 
EP this version is from, but I think it's better than The Bittersweet version. He 
does it in Drop D, but I do this in standard tuning. It's up to you!

Dm (xx0231@1)                            C (x32010@1)         FI (133211@1)would have given my world to see
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)          CYou (x32010@1)deliver the jailer's key
Bb (x1333x@1)                   FI'd (133211@1)give you the credit
                               CAnd (x32010@1)take what went wrong

Dm (xx0231@1)                               C (x32010@1)  FI (133211@1)would have given most anything
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)                  CTo (x32010@1)see your lips move but hear me singing
Bb (x1333x@1)                               FIf (133211@1)you had opened your mouth 
                          CAnd (x32010@1)spit out my song

Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)           FLover (133211@1)you're forgiven
                F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)       FYou (133211@1)have suffered for long enough
            F (133211@1)                 CThey're (x32010@1)holding their breath
             F (133211@1)               BbAnd (x1333x@1)I'm calling their bluff
       F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)           FOur (133211@1)love is strong enough
       F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)     C (x32010@1)  FOur (133211@1)love is strong enough

Dm (xx0231@1)                       C (x32010@1)      FIf (133211@1)there were ever a movie made
         C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)               CThat (x32010@1)outlines my life in some honest way
Bb (x1333x@1)                           F (133211@1)                        CLine (x32010@1)for line note for note and page by page
Dm (xx0231@1)                            C (x32010@1)              FI'd (133211@1)hope that who ever played your part
           C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)                 CWould (x32010@1)feel my remorseful and heavy heart
Bb (x1333x@1)                              F (133211@1)                                 CThey (x32010@1)would open their mouth and unyieldingly say

Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)          FLover (133211@1)you're forgiven
               F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)       FYou (133211@1)have suffered for long enough
            F (133211@1)                 CThey're (x32010@1)holding their breath
              F (133211@1)              BbAnd (x1333x@1)I'm calling their bluff
       F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)          FOur (133211@1)love is strong enough
       F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)    C (x32010@1)  FOur (133211@1)love is strong enough

Am (x02210@1)                         E (022100@1)                CInstead (x32010@1)you held the key over my head 
                         DAnd (xx0232@1)just out of reach
      F (133211@1)                 CTill (x32010@1)any love that used to be
       F (133211@1)                  CGot (x32010@1)wasted on the need for me
     F (133211@1)                     CTo (x32010@1)feel as though I could be free
                 F (133211@1)                            C'Cause (x32010@1)I'm not your asshole I'm not your thief
  F (133211@1)                            Am6/F#        GI (320003@1)thank the lord that I finally was released

Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)          CLover (x32010@1)you're forgiven
                  Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)      CWe've (x32010@1)both suffered for long enough
        F (133211@1)                 GThey (320003@1)all held their breath
                         Am (x02210@1)       FBut (133211@1)we couldn't call their bluff
                 F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)          C'Cause (x32010@1)our love wasn't strong enough
       F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)           COur (x32010@1)love wasn't strong enough
      F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)           COur (x32010@1)love wasn't strong enough