Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
Don't you know I've been here before?
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
I can't help myself, I'm an open door
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
See these rooms in their melancholy gloom
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
It's so dark in here in my palace of ruin
Chorus:
FF
On and off, I turn the lights
G+G
Even when it's dark at night, oh
C majorC
Shadows flicker, then they vanish
A minorAm
I'm famished, I'm famished
FF
Tenderly, I tend to me
G+G
As a mother really ought to be
C majorC A minorAm
But alas, I find no arms to hold mine
Verse 2:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
Don't you know that your scars are on show?
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
As they've always been when you're mad at me
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
Apologize two or three hundred times
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
It's just sound you make when you believe your lies
Chorus:
FF
On and off, I turn the lights
G+G
Even when it's dark at night, oh
C majorC
Shadows flicker, then they vanish
A minorAm
I'm famished, I'm famished
FF
Tenderly, I tend to me
E MajorE
As a mother really ought to be
C majorC G+G A minorAm
But alas, I find no arms to hold mine
Outro:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
I've been told not to let it take hold
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
Resist the embrace of this darkened place
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF G+G
But here I lie in this orange evening light
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm FF A augmentedA Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4
With the sun in my eyes as I wait for you
Wait for you
Wait for you
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4
C majorC