Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: C Am C Oh love how long Am Am Love how long Am C How long C Am C Oh love how long Am Am Love how long Am C How long
Verse 1: C Oh please don't give me what I want Am C And protect me from the quake to come C My dear I konw the hounds are near Am C Oh I fickle as a pendulum C I trembled in the winter pale Am C Wrecked to the depths of my wickedness C And breathless luckless though I am Am C The heart of a lion inside the lamb Chorus: G Won't you come for me Em F Across the line F And I hold my heart if C Only only only only Verse 2: C Am Please don't give me what I want Gm Am Gm C And forsake my basest whim C Cm There come for our embrace by night Gm Am G C And I'm harbouring my sin Bridge: G Am C Darling you know I'm afraid of leaving G Am C Mornings light bears the cross I stood G Am And I wish I was good if E Am C Only only only only F C I could Chorus: G Won't you come for me Em F Across the line F And I hold my heart if C Only only only only