Artist: Two Gallants
Song: Linger On
Album: The Scenery of Farewell

Intro: C G C G F G C G 

C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)step out to clutch the evening air 
           G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)   G'straction (320003@1)from your disrepair and all of those who say they know 
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                 F (133211@1)walk the balustrade till dawn you won't blink and you won't yawn
      G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)    Gnever (320003@1)let your weakness show
Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)             Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)      Fthough (133211@1)i keep your picture on the wall unplug the phone in case you call
         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)     Gand (320003@1)dust collects upon the sill
Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)       Fstill (133211@1)you misplace all your faith in words as though you'll ever feel assured
             G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)     Gif (320003@1)you don't know you never will 

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)   Gbut (320003@1)no i never meant you any harm 
Dm (xx0231@1)        Am (x02210@1)            Gsuffocating (320003@1)shelter of your arms
C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)           F (133211@1)         (G) Cif (x32010@1)i let you down it wasn't me but you who kept me round
       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)linger on linger on 

C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)               Fand (133211@1)while your tears fall dawn his cheek for the fallen, small and meek
              G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)       Glook (320003@1)what the invalides compose
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Fwell (133211@1)he should've warned you from the start another callus on the heart
        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)      Ganother (320003@1)victim of the throes
Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)             Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)      Gso (320003@1)sip your cigarettes and tea be sure you never think of me when your vanities unload
Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                  Fand (133211@1)in case your beauty makes you weep for what you touched but couldn't keep 
             G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)     Gfor (320003@1)what you had but couldn't hold 

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)    Gbut (320003@1)no i never meant you any harm 
Dm (xx0231@1)        Am (x02210@1)            Gsuffocating (320003@1)shelter of your arms
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)           F (133211@1)          (G)C 
if you should feel betrayed it wasn't me but you who made me stay
       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)  Glinger (320003@1)on linger on 

Interlude:
C G Am G
F G C G

C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                Fwell (133211@1)i'll take your convalescent dreams patch the wounds and sew the seams 
        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)     Gget (320003@1)you ready for the fall
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)               Fbut (133211@1)should you miss me when i'm gone girl your memory serves you wrong 
          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)      Gyou (320003@1)never needed me at all
Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)              Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)     Fbut (133211@1)you can miss the hollow of my hand and all the lives that we had planned 
        G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        Gall (320003@1)the jealousies you sold 
Am (x02210@1)                   G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)           Fand (133211@1)i'll take back the youth you can't repay all the hours i gave away 
            G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)    Gand (320003@1)all the lies i never told

Chorus
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)but no i never meant you any harm 
Dm (xx0231@1)        Am (x02210@1)            Gsuffocating (320003@1)shelter of your arms 
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)           F (133211@1)           (G)  Cand (x32010@1)if i did you wrong it wasn't me but you who wrote this song
       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)    Glinger (320003@1)on linger on


Outro:
C G Am G
F G C