My Favourite Dress chords by The Wedding Present

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G   D


Verse 1:
G                           D          G        D
Sometimes these words just don't have to be said
G                     D        G               D
I know how you both feel, the heart can rule the head
G                D      G              D
Jealousy is an essential part of love
G                         D   G
The hurting here below and the emptiness above...oh
C                  Eb            G
There's always something left behind
C                  Eb            G
There's always something left behind
G            D   G      D
Never mind...oh never mind

Verse 2:
G                     D   G             D
The tender caresses that bring out the man
G                               D      G                  D
I can't still be drunk at five...oh I guess I surely am
G                  D  G       D
Slowly your beauty is eaten away
G                             D  G
By the scent of someone else in the blanket where we lay...oh
C                  Eb            G
There's always something left behind
C                  Eb            G
There's always something left behind
G
Maybe next time


Interlude:
B A
B A
B        A     B         A
Uneaten meals a lonely star
B           A          B         A
A welcome ride in a neighbor's car
B             A          B       A
A long walk home in the pouring rain
B          A             B      A
I fell asleep when you never came
B             A          B       A
Some rare delight in Manchester town
B             A               B     A
It took six hours before you let me down
B           A         B      A
To see it all in a drunken kiss
B             A           B        A
A stranger's hand on my favourite dress...oh


Break:
C   Eb   G


Playout:
G
That was my favourite dress, you know
C Eb G
That was my favourite dress

C  Eb  G