C5 You were on your own I was on the road A5 C5 You were awful lonesome I was awful cold A5 F5 You wanted love songs but that's not enough C5 G5 F5 So how long must we punish each other C5 G5 C5 For the sin of falling in love C5 You were on the phone I was on the floor A5 C5 And the boy was staring out the kitchen door A5 F5 He hears our fighting and he takes it rough C5 G5 F5 So how long must we punish each other C5 G5 C5 For the sin of falling in love C5 F5 Well there's a whole lot worse that a man can do C5 There's greater crimes for women too F5 G5 C5 Than to give the holy power of love a place to stand F5 Now we?re looking back through a sack of wool C5 There's a boy with a stack of reasons to know F5 G5 Why we can?t forgive each other a Woman and Man C5 You were in the air I was in the sea A5 C5 Boy was in a basket with friends on the beach A5 F5 It don't take much asking to receive that stuff C5 G5 F5 So how long must we punish each other C5 G5 C5 For the sin of falling in love A5 F5 Whoa how long must we punish each other C5 G5 C5 For the sin of falling in love