History Of Lovers chords by Iron & Wine

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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Louise only got from me innocent poetry
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Although she played to not listen
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But still I can hear myself speak as if no one else
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Ever could offer the same

Verse 2:
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Some say she knowingly tastes like a recipe
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Although so foolish and willing
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I said Babe I can picture you bend as if wanting to
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Bow as the curtain went down

Chorus:
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Coddle some men, they'll remember you bitterly
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Fuck 'em, they'll come back for more
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I asked my Louise would she leave and so cripple me
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Then came a knock at the door

Verse 3:
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“I came for my woman,” he came with a razor blade
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Bound like us all for the ocean
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I hope that she's happy I'm blamed for the death of
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The man who would take her from me

Verse 4:
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Some they saw in me innocent poetry
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Some, some they'll never be certain
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But still it's been written, a history of lovers
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Given and taken in ink

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Coddle some men, they'll remember you fittingly
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Cut ‘em, they'll come back for more
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I asked my Louise would she leave and so cripple me
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Then came the knock at the door

Verse 6:
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Louise came to rescue me; listen, the irony:
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Blood made her heart change its beating
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I hope that she's happy I'm blamed for the death of
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