Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD D
A augmentedA D MajorD
D D MajorD
A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse 1:
D MajorD A augmentedA
You won the battle
D MajorD
Who won the war
A augmentedA D MajorD
Looking down the barrel of a gun that I adore
C majorC B minorBm F#F# G+G G+G
I cannot feed a fire if I haven't got a lung full
Verse 2:
D MajorD A augmentedA
Wake up on Sunday
D MajorD
Without a thought
A augmentedA D MajorD
Standing like a pillar in a holiday resort
C majorC B minorBm F#F# G+G G+G F#F# G+G
I swept my ankles cleanly on the cotton sheets that you bought
Chorus:
A augmentedA
Hold my face up to the rain
B minorBm E minorEm
I'll never love you like that again
A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD
But I don't mind pretending if I get to hear your voice again
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Put on my shorts
A augmentedA D MajorD
And tried to play the field
A augmentedA D MajorD
Romance is a crop that modern culture cannot yield
C majorC B minorBm F#F# G+G G+G
So I hang up my dancing shoes and then I put up my shield
Verse 4:
D MajorD A augmentedA
I've seen you drinking
D MajorD
I've seen you drunk
A augmentedA D MajorD
Leaning like a corpse against the backdrop of the sun
C majorC
And I still think you're pretty baby
B minorBm F#F# G+G G+G F#F# G+G
I still think you're the one
Chords:
G+G A augmentedA
Hold my face up to the rain
B minorBm E minorEm
I'll never love you like that again
A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD
But I don't mind pretending if I get to hear your voice again
Verse 5:
D MajorD
Spoke to my doctor
A augmentedA D MajorD
He said I've passed my peak
D MajorD
All my eggs are dying
A augmentedA D MajorD
In my twenties I'm antique
C majorC
And I never learned to drive
B minorBm F#F# G+G G+G
And I never harnessed my mystique
Verse 6:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
I spend my days in the solace of my room
D MajorD
Pulling pubic hairs from the crotch
A augmentedA D MajorD
Of my swimming costume
C majorC
And I don't like the president
B minorBm F#F# G+G G+G F#F# G+G
And I don't like your perfume
Chorus:
G+G A augmentedA
Hold my face up to the rain
B minorBm E minorEm
I'll never love you like that again
E minorEm
But baby you can call me
A augmentedA
If you're ever horny
F#F# B minorBm
I know you like to hear your name
G+G A augmentedA G+G G+G A#mA#m A augmentedA
But I don't mind pretending if I get to hear your voice again