Am (x02210@1)                      GI've (320003@1)watched her from the river banks

Dm (xx0231@1)                Em (022000@1)I knew her when she danced with dreams

Bb (x1333x@1)                    Am (x02210@1)White doves were there to dress her hair

Bb (x1333x@1)             EAnd (022100@1)so was Madelaine

Am (x02210@1)                  GAt (320003@1)night the people's faces danced

Dm (xx0231@1)                  Em (022000@1)Like pearls colliding on the breast

Bb (x1333x@1)                AmOf (x02210@1)fat Marie whose thunder laugh

E (022100@1)                    Am (x02210@1)Was just a thread from crying



F (133211@1)                     CHer (x32010@1)sailors stained her cobblestones

F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)
With wine and piss and death desire

F (133211@1)                    C (x32010@1)        
And sometimes blood for Madelaine

Bb (x1333x@1)                   EWhose (022100@1)laughter was the night

A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)Her girls would lift their dresses high

D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)             
and breathe the stars and kiss the sky

A (x02220@1)                     GShe'd (320003@1)smother them with whispers then

F (133211@1)                  EEmbrace (022100@1)them with her sighs



Am (x02210@1)              GBefore (320003@1)the bottle dulled my eyes

Dm (xx0231@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)made me so I couldn't stand

Bb (x1333x@1)            AmI'd (x02210@1)overact and play the clown

E (022100@1)                  AmWhen (x02210@1)Madelaine would cry



F (133211@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)now I watch from riverbanks

F (133211@1)        Em (022000@1)       F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)I watch it weave it's memories

F (133211@1)                         CWhite (x32010@1)doves turned gray and flew away

E (022100@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)so did Madelaine