Why Does She Love Me

Cm              Fm
  She looks for sympathy
Bb             Eb
  I give her sorrow
Cm             Abm/F
  She asks for honesty
Bb             Eb
  I've none to borrow

C/E            Fm
  She needs my tender kiss
C/E           Fm
  She begs it of me
D7           G
  I give her ugliness
Gb9 (or N.C.)
  Why does she love me?

Cm               Fm
  She yearns for higher things
Bb               Eb
  Things I can't give her
Cm              Ab/F
  The rush that music brings
Bb          Eb
  I can't deliver

C/E        Fm  
  And even when she sings
C/E         Fm
  And soars above me
D7         G
  I try to clip her wings
Gb9 (or N.C.)
  Why does she love me?

Cm       D7
One more drink, sir. 
Cm                            Ab7
That's what I need, don't you think, sir? 
Fm7   Gm
Leave the
Eb  Gm  Cm
Hurt behind.

D7 Cm Ab7 Cm Ab7

(Do you hear me? Another drink!)

Cm              Fm  
  She wants the man I was
Bb            Eb
  Husband and father
Cm              Abm/F 
  At least, she thinks does
Bb            Eb
  She needn't bother

C/E            Fm
  Beneath this mask I wear
C/E               Fm
  There's nothing of me
D7             G
  Just horror, shame, despair
Gb9 (or N.C.)  
  Why does she love me?

Cm        D7
How 'bout you, sir? 
Cm                   Ab7
Tell me what am I to do, sir? 
Fm7   Gm  Eb   Gm Cm    
Leave the hurt behind...