C (x32010@1)You can fake it for a while,

Bite your tongue and smile,
           Am (x02210@1)  Amsus4        GLike (320003@1)every mother does an ugly child.
        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)   CBut (x32010@1)it starts to  leaking out,
CLike (x32010@1)spittle from a cloud,
                                GAm (320003@1)  amsus4
Amassed resentment counting ounce and pound.



CHORUS

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)             FYou're (133211@1)entertaining any doubt,
                                        
        C (x32010@1)             C (x32010@1)             GBecause (320003@1)you had to know that I was fond of you,
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1) FFond (133211@1)of Y-O-U,
F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)             GThough (320003@1)I knew you masked your disdain.
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)  F(La (133211@1)la la la la)
        C (x32010@1)                             GI (320003@1)can see that change was just too hard for us,
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     FHard (133211@1)for us.
        C (x32010@1)                     GYou (320003@1)always had to hold the reigns,
Dm (xx0231@1)                                              GBut (320003@1)where I'm headed, you just don't know the way.

VERSE 2
CSo (x32010@1)affections fade away,

And do adults just learn to play
                       GThe (320003@1)most ridiculous, repulsive games?
       C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)   COn (x32010@1)the faith of ruddy suns,

And the double-barreled guns,
           Am (x02210@1)   amSUS4  GYou (320003@1)better hurry, Rabbit, run, run, run.
      C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     CCause (x32010@1)meeting you was fun,
C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)   amSUS4          GAnd (320003@1)there's a lot of hungry howlers in this one cell. taking it over,
      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)    CTheir (x32010@1)brittle, thorny stems,

They break before they bend,
                   Am (x02210@1)  amSUS4 GAnd (320003@1)neither one of us is one of them.



chorus 2
        C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)      FAnd (133211@1)the tails will never mend,
                C (x32010@1)             G'Cause (320003@1)you had it in for me so long ago.
C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   F (133211@1)Boy, I still don't know,
                C (x32010@1)             GI (320003@1)don't know why and I don't care,
     C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Well hardly anymore
                C (x32010@1)             GIf (320003@1)you'd only seen yourself hating mE
C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Hating me,
                C (x32010@1)             GWhen (320003@1)I've been so much more than fair.
                        
                   Dm (xx0231@1)                GBut (320003@1)then you had to lay those feelings bare,
    Dm (xx0231@1)                       GOne (320003@1)thing I know still got you scared,
        Dm (xx0231@1)         Am (x02210@1)       
You're all that cold iron,
    Dm (xx0231@1)       Am (x02210@1)       GAnd (320003@1)never once aired on a dare

INSTRUMENTAL (18bars copy verse)
Chorus

F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)             GYou (320003@1)had to know that I was fond of you,
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1) FFond (133211@1)of Y-O-U.
                C (x32010@1)        GSo (320003@1)I took your lips at the time,
C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  FAHHHHHHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)             GAnd (320003@1)to change like that is just so hard to do,
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     FHard (133211@1)to do.
                C (x32010@1)          GDon't (320003@1)let it whip-crack your life,
      Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/E Dm/F   G (320003@1)      
in a bow out from the fight,
        Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/E Dm/F            G (320003@1)            
'Cause oh, how your sisters will write.
    Dm (xx0231@1)          AmThe (x02210@1)worst part is over,
     Dm (xx0231@1)        Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)     
Now, get back on that horse and ride.