Verse
C# F#maj7
I keep a letter in my drawer
C# F#
Postmark from several years before
A#m D#m
A# headstone etched there on the page – a name a place a dying day
Fm F#
But god, I’m never sure
Verse 2
C# F#maj7
I guess three years ago last week
C# F#maj7
A# ghost-girl drifted down to me
A#m D#m
And left the outline of a timid face then slipped away without a trace
Fm F#
Through space between the graves
Chorus 1
C# D#m
And then I fell down on my knees
A#m F#
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
C# D#m
I feel that grit between my teeth
A#m F#
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me
(brief interlude resolves to C)
Verse 3
C# F#maj7
Something like eighteen months ago
C# F#maj7
I chased a rumor chased a hope
A#m D#m Fm
That at St. Peter’s church the clock strikes twelve and ghost girls tend to show themselves but this one
F#
Would not come
Chorus 2
C# D#m
And then I fell down on my knees
A#m F#
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
C# D#m
I feel that grit between my teeth
A#m F#
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me
Interlude
A#m F#maj7 A#m F#maj7 x2 eventual resolve to C#
Verse 4
C# F#maj7
The years get longer counting days
C# F#maj7
I’ve got some private holidays
A#m D#m
But when I burned my words by candle-light I saw her standing there behind
Fm F#
“Go on,” she said, “I’ll wait.”
Chorus 3
C# D#m
And then I fell down at her feet
A#m F#
I laid a kiss on bloodless cheeks
C# F#
Escaping steam between my teeth
A#m F#
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me