Chords with lyrics
Intro
BbM7Bbm7 Bbm6Bbm6 Gb/Bb Bbm6Bbm6
As a girl, I lived in a million homes
BbM7Bbm7 Bbm6Bbm6 Gb/Bb Bbm6Bbm6
So I always would keep to myself
C minorCm Ab/C
And my lessons were learned
Cm6Cm6 Ab/C
From the stories and poems
C minorCm Ab/C Cm6Cm6 B7B7
I would steal from a library shelf
Ebmaj7/Bb
Yes, the books like the Roots
A7(b5)
Weren't mine to keep
Ab6Ab6 G7G7 Ebm/Gb F7susF7sus F7F7
But the words weren't left behind
Bbmaj7/F E7(b5) Eb6Eb6 D7D7
And I think of them all now when I can't sleep
Bbm/Dd C7susC7sus C7C7 F9sus F13(b9)
And a poet who read my mind
Verse 1
Cm11Cm11
As the wise men once wrote
F9sus F7(b9) Bb69 Eb13Eb13 Dm7Dm7 G7(b9)
Never give all the heart
C9sus
Well, it's easy to see
F13sus F7(b9)
He was writing for me
DmDm Dm(maj7) F/GF/G G9G9
I just wish I could play that part
Cm7Cm7 F13sus F13(b9)
Yes, he scribbled that love isn't worth thinking of
DmDm Dm(maj7) G9sus G9sus
That is fades out from kiss to kiss
C9sus
If I just learned those lines
C9C9 Cm7Cm7 F13F13
Well, just think of the misery I'd miss
Verse 2
F#7F#7 G7G7 Cm11Cm11
As the Irish men said
F9sus F7(b9) Bb69 Eb13Eb13 Dm7Dm7 G7(b9)
Don't put your heart up to play
C9sus
When he warned of the cost
F13sus F7(b9)
And the heart that he lost
DmDm Dm(maj7) G9sus G9G9
Mister Yeats really paved the way
Cm7Cm7
For the men that I've known
Ebm(maj7)
Who have clearly shown
DmDm Dm(maj7) G9G9
They've reading him from the start
Cm7Cm7
'Cause when it comes to me
Ab9(b5)
Well, their kisses come free
Cm9Cm9 F13(b9) Ab13Ab13 Bb69
But they never give all the heart
Verse 2
Cm11Cm11 F9sus F7(b9) Bb69 Eb13Eb13 Dm7Dm7 G7(b9)
C9sus
When he warned of the cost
F13sus F7(b9)
And the heart that he lost
DmDm Dm(maj7) G9sus G9(#11)
Mister Yeats really paved the way
G7G7 Cm7Cm7
For the men that I've known
Ebm(maj7)
Who have clearly shown
DmDm Dm(maj7) G9sus G9G9
They've reading him from the start
C9(#11)
'Cause each time that I fall
F13(b9) BbM7Bbm7 Bbm6Bbm6 Gb/Bb Bbm6Bbm6
They never give all the heart
Dd/Cb CbCb Dd/Cb CbCb BbMaj9Bbmaj9