Intro
Cm Fm x2
[Verse]
Cm Fm
A# plague in the workhouse, a plague on the poor now, I'll beat on my drum till I'm dead
Cm Fm
Yesterday a fever, tomorrow St. Peter, I'll beat on my drum until then
[Chorus]
Cm Fm
What melody will lead my lover from his bed?
Cm Fm
What melody will see him in my arms again?
[Verse]
Cm Fm
Set fire to foundation and burn out the station, you'll never get nothing of mine
Cm Fm
The pane of my window will flicker and billow, I won't leave a stitching behind
[Chorus]
Cm Fm
What melody will lead my lover from his bed?
Cm Fm
What melody will see him in my arms again?
[Interlude]
Cm Fm x2
[Bridge]
D# A# Fm D#
I'll sing of the walls of the well and the house at the top of the hill
A# Fm D#
I'll sing of the bottles of wine that we left on our old windowsill
A# Fm
I'll sing of the years you will spend getting sadder and older
D# A# Fm
Oh love, and the cold, the oncoming cold
[Outro]
D# A# Fm x8