Intro
D (or Dsus2 D Dsus4 C)
D A G
My love she speaks like silence,
D A G
Without ideals or violence,
D
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
Em G A7
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
D A G
People carry roses,
D A G
Make promises by the hours,
D
My love she laughs like the flowers,
G A7 D
Valentines can't buy her.
D A G
In the dime stores and bus stations,
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People talk of situations,
D
Read books, repeat quotations,
Em G A7
Draw conclusions on the wall.
D A G
Some speak of the future,
D A G
My love she speaks softly,
D
She knows there's no success like failure
G A7 D
And that failure's no success at all.
D A G
The cloak and dagger dangles,
D A G
Madams light the candles.
D
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Em G A7
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
D A G
Statues made of match sticks,
D A G
Crumble into one another,
D
My love winks, she does not bother,
G A7 D
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
D A G
The bridge at midnight trembles,
D A G
The country doctor rambles,
D
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
Em G A7
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
D A G
The wind howls like a hammer,
D A G
The night blows cold and rainy,
D
My love she's like some raven
G A7 D
At my window with a broken wing.