Intro: ( D5 - E5 )

D5
I left the east side for a west coast beauty
E5
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
E5
She was down by street decree
E5                F#5                G5
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
D5
Fat painted lips on a live wire beauty
E5
A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
E5
Her face was my favourite magazine
E5             F#5              G5
Her body was my favourite book to read


G5                              F#5        E5        D5
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G5                   F#5       E5            G5
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears


G5                 D5                         G5
But holding on to you means letting go on pain
G5                    D5  
Means letting go of tears
                     G5
Means letting go of rain
                 E5        F#5   G5
Means letting go of what's not real
               D5               
Holding on to you


A5 - C5 - D5 - F5

D5
I left the rough side for a seaside baby
E5
A chamomile smile that pouts on cue
E5
For every moment I breathe her sigh
E5         
Her bosom contains my sweet alibi
D5
In an emotional mist she breathes in fog
E5
And breathes it out as garden flowers
E5
Why me of all the tough talking boys?
E5                     F#5                   G5           
I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise


G5                              F#5        E5        D5
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G5                   F#5       E5            G5
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears


G5                 D5                        G5
But holding on to you means letting go of pain
                     D5
Means letting go of tears
                         G5
Means letting go of the rain
               D5
Holding on to you
                       G5
Means letting sorrows real
                 E5        F#5  G5
Means letting go of what's not real
               D5
Holding on to you


A5 - C5 - D5 - F5

( D5 - E5 - E5 - E5 - F#5 - G5 - D5 )

G5                              F#5        E5        D5
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G5                   F#5       E5            G5
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears


                   D5                          G5
But holding on to you means letting sorrows heal
                 E5        F#5   G5
Means letting go of what's not real
( G5 - F#5 - E5 - D5 - D5 )
Holding on to you


D5
I left the east side for a west coast beauty
E5
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
E5
She was down by street decree
E5                F#5                G5
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me


D5
Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
E5
Goodbye Picasso hello Dolly/Dali
E5
The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod
E5
She's my new religion she's all I got


G5                              F#5        E5        D5
They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
G5                   F#5       E5            G5
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears


                   D5                         G5
But holding on to you means letting go of pain
                      D5
Means letting go of tears
                     G5
Means letting go of rain
                        G5
Means letting sorrows heal
                  D5
It means letting go