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
