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,