Chords with lyrics
C minorCm F minorFm
She looks for sympathy
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
I give her sorrow
C minorCm Abm/F
She asks for honesty
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
I've none to borrow
C/EC/E F minorFm
She needs my tender kiss
C/EC/E F minorFm
She begs it of me
D7D7 G+G
I give her ugliness
Gb9Gb9 (or N.C.)
Why does she love me?
C minorCm F minorFm
She yearns for higher things
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Things I can't give her
C minorCm Ab/F
The rush that music brings
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
I can't deliver
C/EC/E F minorFm
And even when she sings
C/EC/E F minorFm
And soars above me
D7D7 G+G
I try to clip her wings
Gb9Gb9 (or N.C.)
Why does she love me?
C minorCm D7D7
One more drink, sir.
C minorCm Ab7Ab7
That's what I need, don't you think, sir?
Fm7Fm7 G minorGm
Leave the
Eb MajorEb G minorGm C minorCm
Hurt behind.
D7D7 C minorCm Ab7Ab7 C minorCm Ab7Ab7
(Do you hear me? Another drink!)
C minorCm F minorFm
She wants the man I was
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Husband and father
C minorCm Abm/F
At least, she thinks does
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
She needn't bother
C/EC/E F minorFm
Beneath this mask I wear
C/EC/E F minorFm
There's nothing of me
D7D7 G+G
Just horror, shame, despair
Gb9Gb9 (or N.C.)
Why does she love me?
C minorCm D7D7
How 'bout you, sir?
C minorCm Ab7Ab7
Tell me what am I to do, sir?
Fm7Fm7 G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm C minorCm