Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb x2
Chorus:
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
Your million sweetnesses are sometimes not enough
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
To keep me lapping at the floodtide of desire
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
This is how I walk when I have given up
BbmBbm F minorFm
Do you see how free the body moves
AbAb DbDb
The bones inside the skin are loose
BbmBbm F minorFm
And I know if I could see you
AbAb DbDb
That you'd be walking like this too
Instrumental:
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb x2
Verse 1:
BbmBbm F minorFm
Marry a virgin
AbAb DbDb
Marry not a vigin
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
Marry someone who sold their sex to God or man
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
Marry completely and give yourself whole-heartedly
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
To everything that wants you and everything you are
Verse 2:
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
I have spent time with unspoiled birds
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
And genereous sunshine that taught me doing nothing
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
And I do recall that my very best friends are
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
The ones who left me empty and ready to be filled again
Chorus:
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
Your million sweetnesses are sometimes not enough
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
To keep me lapping at the floodtide of desire
BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb DbDb
This is how I walk when I have given up
BbmBbm F minorFm
Do you see how free the body moves
AbAb DbDb
The bones inside the skin are loose
BbmBbm F minorFm
And I know if I could see you
AbAb DbDb
That you'd be walking like this too