Intro:
D, C, Bm, C - 3 times through the cycle

Verse 1:
           D                C
Well these late night conversations
        Bm                            C
Leave a strange taste like French cigarettes
          D                                C
And these coloured drinks that you keep on throwing at me
               Bm                        C
Just keep on reminding me that I came to forget


Break:
D, C, Bm, C - 2 times through the cycle


Verse 2:
       D                         C
So now every night you insist on reminding me
                Bm                             C
Of my lost possibilities and the stains on the wall
            D                       C
But I don't mean to complain but it hurts just the same
        Bm                                      C
And now both of us know the leaves will fall on their own


Chorus 1:
                G
Just throw me a line that's all that I ask
Well it's sink or swim and I'm going fast
I need love, and it's you
And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool

Break
G for four bars
D, C, Bm, C - twice


Verse 3:
         D               C
Yeah you tell me life is for living
                 Bm                            C
It's best in the giving but it's so hard to be free
        D                    C
Still I do my best but you refuse my gift
        Bm                                   C
And now all that we share is a collection of tears


Solo:
D, C, Bm, C - 8 times through the cycle


Chorus:
                G
Just throw me a line that's all that I ask
Well it's sink or swim and I'm going fast
I need love, and it's you
And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool


End:
G for four bars
D, C, Bm, C - repeat until fade out