Lucksmiths - Ficiton (from Warmer Corners.)

Written down here, gentle reader
         GIt (320003@1)seems too good to be true
               CBut (x32010@1)there's a girl in Kansas City
        GWith (320003@1)my favourite tattoo
   Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)     GOh (320003@1)why would I lie to you?

         CThis (x32010@1)was in another century
          GSomewhere (320003@1)near the summer's end
    CThe (x32010@1)fahrenheit was frightening
      GI (320003@1)was awake the whole weekend
  CInvited (x32010@1)to a barbecue
        GI (320003@1)found refuge in the kitchen
            CDiscussing (x32010@1)post-war US literature
                  GWith (320003@1)a girl whose upper arm read "fiction"
        Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   
Like it might have been typewritten

CG - CG

       CWhen (x32010@1)I asked her its significance
             GShe (320003@1)said she sometimes took reminding
         CWhat (x32010@1)she wanted to be doing
        GWhether (320003@1)reading it or writing
     CI (x32010@1)admitted admiration
         GFor (320003@1)both typeface and intent
               CAnd (x32010@1)said more softly ? sotto voce ?
       GI (320003@1)knew too well what she meant
         Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)         GShe (320003@1)just smiled and in a while she went

Dm (xx0231@1)         Am (x02210@1)                  GFor (320003@1)a time I forgot this ever took place
                                 CShe (x32010@1)left her bottle on the bookcase

G- (320003@1)CG - CG - CG - CG - CG

             CSo (x32010@1)though I leave you little option
       GBut (320003@1)to take me at my word
    CI (x32010@1)assure you, dearest listener
        GThat (320003@1)it happened as you've heard
     CA (x32010@1)beer left on a bookshelf
     GAt (320003@1)a bygone barbecue
      CBy (x32010@1)a girl from Kansas City
        GWith (320003@1)my favourite tattoo
   Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)      GOh (320003@1)why would I lie to you?
   Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)      GOh (320003@1)why would I lie to you?
   Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)      GOh (320003@1)why would I lie?