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Key: D
Verse 1:
Bm D
Wise man once said
Gmaj7 A
"Wild winds are death to the candle"
Bm D Gmaj7 A
A rose by any other name is a scandal
Bm D Gmaj7
Cautions issued, he stood
A
Shooting the messengers
Bm A Gmaj7 D
They tried to warn him about her
Chorus:
D A
Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm Gmaj7
Only liquor anoints you
D A
She's the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
She is here to destroy you
Verse 2:
Bm D
Wise man once said
Gmaj7 A
"One bad seed kills the garden"
Bm D Gmaj7 A
"One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen"
Bm D Gmaj7
Locked me up in towers
A
But I'd visit in your dreams
Bm D Gmaj7 A
And they tried to warn you about me
Chorus:
D A
Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm Gmaj7
Only liquor anoints you
D A
She's the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
She is here to destroy you
D A
Devils that you know
Bm Gmaj7
Raise worse hell than a stranger
D A
She's the death you chose
Bm Gmaj7
You're in terrible danger
Bridge:
Em Gmaj7 D A Em
And when that sky rains fire on you
Gmaj7 D A
And you're persona non grata
Em Gmaj7 D A Em
I'll tell you how I've been there too
Gmaj7 D A
And that none of it matters
Chorus:
Bm D Gmaj7
Wise men once read fake news
A
And they believed it
Bm D Gmaj7
Jackals raised their hackles
A
You couldn't conceive it
Bm D Gmaj7 A Bm
You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed
D Gmaj7 A
And I tried to warn you about them
Chorus:
D A
So I crossed my thoughtless heart
Bm Gmaj7
Spread my wings like a parachute
D A
I'm the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
I swept in at the rescue
D A
The devil that you know
Bm Gmaj7
Looks now more like an angel
D A
I'm the life you chose
Bm Gmaj7 D A
And all this terrible danger
Bm Gmaj7 D A
This terrible danger
D A Bm G
So cross your thoughtless heart
D A
She's the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
She is here to destroy you
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Song History
Published: April 20, 2024
Last Updated: February 8, 2026