Chords with lyrics
Verse:
D MajorD
My love she speaks like silence
G+G D MajorD
Without ideals or violence
G+G D MajorD
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire
D MajorD
People carry roses
G+G D MajorD
And make promises by the hours
G+G D MajorD
My love she laughs like the flowers
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
Valentines can't buy her
Verse:
D MajorD
In the dime stores and bus stations
G+G D MajorD
People talk of situations
G+G D MajorD
Read books, repeat quotations
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Draw conclusions on the wall
D MajorD
Some speak of the future
G+G D MajorD
My love she speaks softly
G+G D MajorD
She knows there's no success like failure
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
And that failure's no success at all
Verse:
D MajorD
The cloak and dagger dangles
G+G D MajorD
Madams light the candles
G+G D MajorD
In ceremonies of the horsemen
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Even a pawn must hold a grudge
D MajorD
Statues made of match sticks
G+G D MajorD
Crumble into one another
G+G D MajorD
My love winks, she does not bother
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
She knows too much to argue or to judge
Verse:
D MajorD
The bridge at midnight trembles
G+G D MajorD
The country doctor rambles
G+G D MajorD
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
D MajorD
The wind howls like a hammer
G+G D MajorD
The night blows rainy
G+G D MajorD
My love she's like some raven
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
At my window with a broken wing
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