Intro: D#m - A#m - D#m - A#m D#m A#m Hey man, do you wanna hear a story about me? D#m A#m I'm an old man, you're probably not interested I see D#m A#m But I'll tell you anyway, about the girl who came to stay D#m A#m Thirty years, six months, and two days ago D#m A#m She walked into the party with Joan de Monmarquis D#m A#m She wore her beauty like a cloak, with the devil up her sleeve D#m A#m And she was ancient like the Greeks, amongst us animals and freaks D#m A#m I lost my mind, never to find the useless thing again F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night F# A#m D#m But I don't know what it was F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night C# F# A#m I was waiting, we were just waiting for it D#m - A#m - D#m - A#m D#m A#m I forgot everything I knew in the ancient sea that night D#m A#m When she slipped her dress off shivering and clung to me so tight D#m A#m Then she whispered in my ear, "There is nowhere else but here", D#m A#m Nowhere, nowhere F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night F# A#m D#m But I don't know what it was F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night C# I was waiting, we were just waiting for F# A#m D#m You don't know yourself F# A#m D#m You don't know yourself F# A#m D#m You don't know yourself C# Until she's had her way with you D#m A#m We spent three weeks in a cheap hotel corroding by the sea D#m A#m Tangled up in sheets and love and ancient misery D#m A#m One day I woke to see her leave, she had an eagle on her sleeve D#m A#m The last I heard she took the bird to catch snakes in Mexico F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night F# A#m D#m But I don't know what it was F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night C# F# A#m I was waiting, we were just waiting for it F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night F# A#m D#m But I don't know what it was F# A#m D#m There was something going on that night C# F# A#m I was waiting, we were just waiting for it F# A#m D#m You don't know yourself F# A#m D#m You don't know yourself F# A#m D#m You don't know yourself C# Until your time was almost through D#m A#m Hey man, do you wanna hear a story about me?
