G D you drag your tiger?s paw across C G your chapped & cracking lips, Am and open up a crimson slur C G? you spread each time you kiss. Am Em the broken boy you bargain with C D G to turn back to the man Am that you fell in love with once C but never saw again. G D C is he in there? do you think he drowned to death? Am G well it's his decision to show his face again. G D you grind your tired teeth C G & curse the day that you were born Am C G? to a sunken line of Irish wives a million miles long, Am Em C D G devoted to the suffering they're certain they deserve. Am a husband?s a cross to bear, C D worry lines & a silver string of hair G D C come too early, come to steal your sainted youth.. Am G D well it's your decision to stay or else to move. C G D & I'm not a man of faith, no gospel oak for me, C G D but you wear a crucifix to broadcast your beliefs, Am Em D C and the god I've read about can't go where he's not asked to go. so you've got a choice to make: shut him out, save yourself, or sit and wait. G Am but you're waiting on a man who will not move. C G so you must move for him and do what he can't do. C? C G cause it?s worth it, that?s the one life you can change, C? C G and I'm sorry sister, but it has to end this way. C? C G yea, it?s scary sister, but tomorrow?s just too late. C? so stand up sister, C G there?s an albatross to shake. Chords: Am C G C? G? D Em |--0---0---3----3----0----2----0--| |--1---1---0----3----3----3----0--| |--2---0---0----0----0----2----0--| |--2---2---0----2----4----0----2--| |--0---3---2----3----5----0----2--| |--0---3---3----0----5----X----0--|
