Intro: C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 G5 C5 G5 

C5            G5                  C5
 step out to clutch the evening air 
           G5              F5               G5                  C5     G5
?straction from your disrepair and all of those who say they know 
C5         G5               C5              G5                   F5
 walk the balustrade till dawn you won?t blink and you won?t yawn
      G5                 C5      G5
never let your weakness show
A5                 G5              F5               A5       G5        F5
though i keep your picture on the wall unplug the phone in case you call
         G5                 C5       G5
and dust collects upon the sill
A5                 G5                 C5                      G5         F5
still you misplace all your faith in words as though you?ll ever feel assured
             G5              C5       G5
if you don?t know you never will 

Chorus:
C5              G5             A5     G5
but no i never meant you any harm 
D5          A5              G5
suffocating shelter of your arms
C5            G5      D5             F5           ( G5 ) C5
if i let you down it wasn?t me but you who kept me round
       G5         C5     G5 
linger on linger on 

C5              G5                   C5             G5                 F5
and while your tears fall dawn his cheek for the fallen, small and meek
              G5         C5         G5
look what the invalides compose
C5                 G5                   C5             G5             F5
well he should've warned you from the start another callus on the heart
        G5             C5        G5
another victim of the throes
A5          G5              F5               A5     G5       F5            G5          C5        G5
so sip your cigarettes and tea be sure you never think of me when your vanities unload
A5               G5                C5                 G5                    F5
and in case your beauty makes you weep for what you touched but couldn?t keep 
             G5                C5       G5
for what you had but couldn?t hold 

Chorus:
C5              G5             A5      G5
but no i never meant you any harm 
D5          A5              G5
suffocating shelter of your arms
C5             G5               D5             F5            ( G5 ) C5 
if you should feel betrayed it wasn?t me but you who made me stay
       G5         C5    G5
linger on linger on 

Interlude:
C5 G5 A5 G5
F5 G5 C5 G5

C5                   G5            C5                G5                  F5
well i?ll take your convalescent dreams patch the wounds and sew the seams 
        G5             C5       G5
get you ready for the fall
C5              G5                C5              G5                 F5
but should you miss me when i?m gone girl your memory serves you wrong 
          G5            C5        G5
you never needed me at all
A5                   G5            F5                A5         G5       F5
but you can miss the hollow of my hand and all the lives that we had planned 
        G5              C5          G5
all the jealousies you sold 
A5                     G5                 C5           G5             F5
and i?ll take back the youth you can?t repay all the hours i gave away 
            G5            C5      G5
and all the lies i never told

Chorus
C5               G5             A5   G5
 but no i never meant you any harm 
D5          A5              G5
suffocating shelter of your arms 
C5        G5               D5             F5             ( G5 )  C5
and if i did you wrong it wasn?t me but you who wrote this song
       G5         C5      G5
linger on linger on


Outro:
C5 G5 A5 G5
F5 G5 C5