Chords with lyrics
____Verse: 1
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D/ED/E A7A7
Burn the midnight lamp down until the dawn
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I'll keep watch until I'm sure you're coming home
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Shadows play and flicker on the bedroom wall
A7A7 B minorBm
They turn into a bad dream overnight
F#7F#7 B minorBm
Something could be terribly wrong
____Chorus: 1
E MajorE AbmAbm
Don't be careless love
Don't
G+G F# minorF#m
be careless love
C# minorC#m AbmAbm
Don't be, don't be careless love
G+G
In my dream you're running nowhere
F# minorF#m
Every step you've taken turns to glue
C# minorC#m
Walking down a spiral staircase
Falling through, falling through
D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC B minorBm E MajorE
Don't be careless love, be careless love
____Verse: 2
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
The lamp burns down and out
D/ED/E A7A7
I'm getting pretty tired of this
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I feel so bad, something might be going amiss
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
I won't be there, so look out for yourself
A7A7 B minorBm
You're getting in deep whate__ver you do
F#7F#7 B minorBm
Don't let me go back to sleep
____Chorus: 2
E MajorE AbmAbm
Don't be careless love
Don't
G+G F# minorF#m
be careless love
C# minorC#m AbmAbm
Don't be, don't be careless love
G+G
Saw your face in the morning paper
F# minorF#m
Saw your body rolled up in a rug
C# minorC#m
Chopped up into two little pieces by some thug
D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC B minorBm E MajorE
Don't be careless love, be careless love
____Verse: 3
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D/ED/E A7A7
But in the morning light, when I wake up again
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
You're by my side and that's the way it's always been
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
But in the dark your mind plays funny tricks on you
E MajorE A augmentedA
Your mind plays funny tricks on you
E MajorE AbmAbm
Your mind plays funny tricks on you
Don't
G+G F# minorF#m FF DmDm A augmentedA