E5 G#5 Time after time you will forgive me G5 B5 Like an animal in your care E5 G#5 But give it time. You will outlive me G5 B5 And take the bow back you put in my hair E5 G#5 Made a parade of myself in the street outside your house G5 B5 For the New York photographer there E5 G#5 I fell for crime and I fell for beauty G5 B5 I fell for you because you're the one that cared C5 G5 And when I die you can put on costumes E5 E5 In the style of the clothes I wore C5 G5 And sing the songs your lover taught you E5 E5 When you were too young to know that this was what they were for. C5 G5 E5 E5 (riff at bottom ) La la la la. La la la lala. lalala C5 G5 E5 E5 La la la la. La la la lala. lalala E5 G#5 Like some dead relative, you will remember me most G5 B5 E5 by my funeral and all the beautiful toasts you made G#5 G5 Take back the spade. We've both been filling up our days B5 like we were filling in a grave (piano/guitar riff at bottom ) B5 B5 B5 B5 D5 D5 D5 D5 G5 G5 D5 D5 (repeat lots of times) B5 B5 B5 B5 - C#5 D5 D5 D5 D5 You let me hang, hang, hang around G5 D5 You put your ribbons in my- B5 B5 B5 B5 - C#5 D5 D5 D5 D5 hair It's in this language that I found. I am G5 D5 an animal in your B5 B5 B5 B5 - C#5 D5 D5 D5 D5 (chords played over riff) care G5 D5 G5 D5 animal in your ca-re B5 B5 B5 B5 - C#5 D5 D5 D5 D5 (chords played over riff) G5 D5 G5 D5 animal in your ca-re B5 B5 B5 B5 - C#5 D5 D5 D5 D5 (chords played over riff) G5 D5 G5 D5 animal in your ca-re G5 D5 G5 D5 B5 I am an animal in your care First riff C5 G5 E5 ----------------------------- | -5-3--3~--------------------- | -----4-----0h2~-0------------ | ------------------0---------- | ----------------------------- | -----------------------0----- | Piano/guitar riff The piano plays this, or some variation on this --1(b9)17----17--------7-5---5--------- | --------1(b9)---1(b9)15------7---7-3----- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | The guitar plays one of these, or a slight variation --5/7-5---5------------- | --5h7p5----5------------------------ | --------7---5/3-3/5-3--- | ---------7---5/3-3/5-3-------------- | ----------------------2- | -----------------------2----7------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------7--5---- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------5--5---- | ------------------------ | -------------------------------3---- |
