Tuning: Half Step Intro E--G#-A (B) Verse E5 What a hot and sultry summer, C5 The steam just slides up off them streets G5 You got to stay inside and wait for the night, D5 And then come on over and see me E5 There's a poetry about these streets, C5 It just slips from your skin and goes right underneath G5 And mama always knew I'd meet a girl like you, D5 But me, I never believed E5 D5 C5 D5 Cuz I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy [x2] Chorus E5 Where'd you get them scars? C#5 How blue is your heart? A5 Is it sad enough to break? E5 B5 She said, "it's sad enough to break" E5 How long was your life? C#5 Was it cold and strange like mine? A5 Are you man enough to lay here? E5 B5 She said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me" E--G#-A X2 B (Palm mute) Verse E5 C5 I had a dream about you once, and I could barely see your form G5 And I met you between the wax and the needle, D5 In the words of my favorite song E5 C5 Your black hair was like a raven, with your tan skin on the beach G5 D5 Your backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief E5 D5 C5 D5 I've been so low down, I'm almost level with the ground Chorus E5 Where'd you get them scars? C#5 How blue is your heart? A5 Is it sad enough to break? E5 B5 She said, "it's sad enough to break" E5 How long was your life? C#5 Was it cold and strange like mine? A5 Are you man enough to lay here? E5 B5 She said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me" Bridge E -- C# - B X2 E5 C#5 B5 Did they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride? E5 Me, I got caught up with the fortuen tellers C#5 B5 And the ladies with the sleepy eyes A5 B5 C#5 A5 It took years my baby just to come clean Every streetlight a reminder B5 C#5 And all those apologies A5 B5 C#5 And the night was lonely next to me A5 B5 E5 Even the night was lonely next to me Chorus E5 Where'd you get them scars? C#5 How blue is your heart? A5 Is it sad enough to break? E5 B5 She said, "it's sad enough to break" E5 How long was your life? C#5 Was it cold and strange like mine? A5 Are you man enough to lay here? E5 B5 She said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me" E5 C#5 A5 Come see about me, E5 Come see about me,