A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)                  AOnce (x02220@1)I was a lady, dressed in black and blue
A (x02220@1)                               B (x2444x@1)                EUsed (022100@1)to walk the boulevard, cause that's what ladies do
A (x02220@1)                            D (xx0232@1)            AMy (x02220@1)nails were always polished, my secrets always hid
A (x02220@1)                                     E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)I just did whatever it was that all the other ladies did

at nighttime around my bedside I keep a million lights
one for every soldier who fought the war and died
for my husband is a landlord whose eyes are full of greed
and his army full of young men whom he never even sees

F#m (244222@1)						    D (xx0232@1)	
But now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and diamonds
   Aon (x02220@1)my mind
F#mStrolling (244222@1)through the woods at night to find the little bits of light
D (xx0232@1)Eothers (022100@1)leave behind

A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)          AOnce (x02220@1)I was a soldier in the army of some lord
A (x02220@1)                                    B (x2444x@1)              EI (022100@1)have never even seen him, I just got paid to hold his sword
A (x02220@1)                          D (xx0232@1)	AI (x02220@1)kept my armour shiny and I kept my secrets hid
A (x02220@1)                            E (022100@1)           Aand (x02220@1)whatever I was told to do, that is what I did

A (x02220@1)                            E (022100@1)            Awhen (x02220@1)I think about it now it's hard for me to say
A (x02220@1)                               B (x2444x@1)              Ewhether (022100@1)I had a choice in life to do the things my way
        A (x02220@1)                            D (xx0232@1)            Abecause (x02220@1)by the time I heard about that lady's bedside state
A (x02220@1)                                    E (022100@1)         AI (x02220@1)had already gone far too far, it was already too late



F#m (244222@1)						    D (xx0232@1)	
But now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and diamonds
   Aon (x02220@1)my mind
F#mStrolling (244222@1)through the woods at night to find the little bits of light
D (xx0232@1)Eothers (022100@1)leave behind

A (x02220@1)                            E (022100@1)        AOnce (x02220@1)I was a student, I had to pick up my degree
      A (x02220@1)                                  BAnd (x2444x@1)I thought about the years gone by, the years that numbered 
Ethree (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)                                     DHow (xx0232@1)things that had seemed important turned out to be a joke
    A (x02220@1)                                E (022100@1)            AAnd (x02220@1)things that had seemed natural had all gone up in smoke

Earlier a crowd had come to see me win my prize
I felt like I deserved it, it was justice in my eyes
but the only thing that I could think was 'what am I gonna do?
when all of this is over, when my days of hope are through?'

F#m (244222@1)						    D (xx0232@1)	
But now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and diamonds
   Aon (x02220@1)my mind
F#mStrolling (244222@1)through the woods at night to find the little bits of light
D (xx0232@1)Eothers (022100@1)leave behind