Intro: B B (x2444x@1) B7This, (x21202@1)no song of ingenue E (022100@1) EbThis, (x43121@3)no ballad of innocence; Abm (133111@4) EThis, (022100@1)the rhyme of a lady who C#m (x13321@4) F#Followed (244322@1)ever the natural bents. B (x2444x@1) B7This, (x21202@1)a solo of sapience, E (022100@1) EbThis, (x43121@3)a chantey of sophistry, Abm (133111@4) EThis, (022100@1)the sum of experiments, C#m (x13321@4) F# (244322@1) BI (x2444x@1)loved them until they loved me. B7I (x21202@1)loved them until they loved me. E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3) Abm, E, C#m, F# (244322@1) I loved them until they loved me. B (x2444x@1) B7Decked (x21202@1)in garments of sable hue, E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3) Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents, Abm (133111@4) E (022100@1) Wearing shower bouquets of rue, C#m (x13321@4) F# (244322@1) Walk I ever in penitence. B (x2444x@1) B7 (x21202@1)Oft I roam, as my heart repents, E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3)Through God's acre of memory, Abm (133111@4) E (022100@1) Marking stones, in my reverence, C#m (x13321@4) F# (244322@1) BI (x2444x@1)loved them until they loved me. B7I (x21202@1)loved them until they loved me. E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3) Abm, E, C#m, F# (244322@1) I loved them until they loved me. Eb (x43121@3) AbmPictures (133111@4)pass me in long review,-- E (022100@1) F# (244322@1) BMarching (x2444x@1)columns of dead events. Eb (x43121@3) AbmI (133111@4)was tender, and, often, true; C#m (x13321@4) F#Ever (244322@1)a prey to coincidence. B (x2444x@1) B7 (x21202@1)Always knew I the consequence; E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3)Always saw what the end would be. Abm (133111@4) E (022100@1) We're as Nature has made us -- hence C#m (x13321@4) F# (244322@1) BI (x2444x@1)loved them until they loved me. B7I (x21202@1)loved them until they loved me. E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3) Abm, E, C#m, F# (244322@1) I loved them until they loved me. B (x2444x@1) B7Princes, (x21202@1)never I'd give offense, E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3)Won't you think of me tenderly? Abm (133111@4) E (022100@1) Here's my strength and my weakness, gents - B (x2444x@1) B7This, (x21202@1)no song of ingenue E (022100@1) EbThis, (x43121@3)no ballad of innocence; Abm (133111@4) EThis, (022100@1)the rhyme of a lady who
