Verse
F# Bmaj7
I keep a letter in my drawer
F# B
Postmark from several years before
D#m G#m
D# headstone etched there on the page – a name a place a dying day
A#m B
But god, I’m never sure
Verse 2
F# Bmaj7
I guess three years ago last week
F# Bmaj7
D# ghost-girl drifted down to me
D#m G#m
And left the outline of a timid face then slipped away without a trace
A#m B
Through space between the graves
Chorus 1
F# G#m
And then I fell down on my knees
D#m B
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
F# G#m
I feel that grit between my teeth
D#m B
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me
(brief interlude resolves to C)
Verse 3
F# Bmaj7
Something like eighteen months ago
F# Bmaj7
I chased a rumor chased a hope
D#m G#m A#m
That at St. Peter’s church the clock strikes twelve and ghost girls tend to show themselves but this one
B
Would not come
Chorus 2
F# G#m
And then I fell down on my knees
D#m B
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
F# G#m
I feel that grit between my teeth
D#m B
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me
Interlude
D#m Bmaj7 D#m Bmaj7 x2 eventual resolve to F#
Verse 4
F# Bmaj7
The years get longer counting days
F# Bmaj7
I’ve got some private holidays
D#m G#m
But when I burned my words by candle-light I saw her standing there behind
A#m B
“Go on,” she said, “I’ll wait.”
Chorus 3
F# G#m
And then I fell down at her feet
D#m B
I laid a kiss on bloodless cheeks
F# B
Escaping steam between my teeth
D#m B
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me