C#m  A  C#m  A
C#m  A  C#m  A


[Verse 1]
Em               A7
Your old lover's lying in the gutter
Em                    A7
He used to be such an all night strutter
C#m               A
"Oh, my heart," I heard him mutter
C#m              G#m
"Oh, my dear, it seems to flutter"
G#m         F#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
F#          C#m   A    C#m   A
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!


[Verse 2]
Em                A7
  It's so hard to say "No"
         Em                 A7
When the deck is stacked to only go slow
     C#m             A
It's easy sweet to    live it up
   C#m                     G#m
An easy street when you've had enough
G#m         F#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
F#          E    Esus
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!


[Interlude]
A                  B
  Darkened night,    splashing light
E                    C#m
  Soft and white and so polite
A               B
  Let him in, beneath the rim
  E                    C#m
Beneath the skin, your next of kin
A                  B
  Cleansing fire,    funeral pyre
E             C#m
  Broken wire grown inside her
A               B
  Secret hush,    swollen rush
     E               C#m              A    C#m   A
It's soft and plush. It's so   plush


[Instrumental]
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C#m   A   C#m   A
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C#m   A   C#m   A
C#m   A   C#m   A
C#m   A   C#m   A
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[Verse 4]
Em              A7
  You know it's so passé
   Em                A7
to sleep without you   every day
C#m          A
  So easy to do your stuff
C#m          G#m
  So easy to live it up
G#m         F#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
F#           C#m  A    C#m  A
Aa-aa-aa-aa. Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa


[Outro]
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