tuned half step down
[Chords]
C Am F G Em C7/A#
d#|---3---|---0---|-------|-------|---3---|---3---|
A#|---1---|---1---|---1---|---3---|---0---|---1---|
F#|---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---3---|
C#|---2---|---2---|---3---|---0---|---2---|---2---|
G#|---3---|---0---|---3---|---2---|---2---|---1---|
D#|-------|-------|---1---|---3---|-------|-------|
[Intro]
C Am C Am C Am F G
[Verse 1]
C Am C Am C Am F G
rings round his eyes tracks down his arm his fans are confused and his friends are alarmed
C Am C Am C Am F G
his wife doesn't talk hates when he's gone counts every skirt in his new entourage
[Chorus 1]
F G C Em
and they're all gossamer thin left of the dial bohemians
F G C Am
and they dance tournament style twirl round the room courtsy and smile
C Am C Am F G F G
and they sit at his feet read poetry and swoon with each word he speaks
[Harmonica Break 1]
C Am C Am C Am F G
[Verse 2]
C Am C Am C Am F G
she likes the new pope she's not scared of hell they meet once a week at a secret motel
C Am C Am C Am F G
she kisses his neck she plays with his hair her screams sound like pleasure her moans like despair
[Chorus 2]
F G C Em
and they're spread gossamer thin pushed to the edge frayed at the ends
F G C Am
and it's no business of mine if they can love more than one at a time
C Am C Am F G F G
but they're pushing their luck hard but they must risk it all for love
[Harmonica Break 2]
C Am C Am C Am F G
[Bridge]
C7/A# F G
now i walk around in some kind of altered state
Am F C G
the drink in my hand is starting to shake
C7/A# F G
i'll get used to it if it has to stay this way
Am F G
a new bunch of flowers i'll have to arrange
[Harmonica Break 3]
C Am C Am C Am F G
[Verse 3]
C Am C Am C Am F G
i don't want to eat or get out of bed try to recall what the therapist said
C Am C Am C Am F G
ego and id the essential self you are who you are and you are someone else
[Chorus 3]
F G C Em
but i'm worn gossamer thin like delicate arch carved by the wind
F G C Am
there's a glass psyche at stake throw me a brick see if it breaks
C Am C Am F G F G
cause the mind and the brain aren't quite the same but they both want out of this place
[Harmonica Break 4]
C Am C Am C Am F G C Am C Am C Am F G C
