Intro
G (or Gsus2 G Gsus4 C)
G D C
My love she speaks like silence,
G D C
Without ideals or violence,
G
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
Am C D7
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
G D C
People carry roses,
G D C
Make promises by the hours,
G
My love she laughs like the flowers,
C D7 G
Valentines can't buy her.
G D C
In the dime stores and bus stations,
G D C
People talk of situations,
G
Read books, repeat quotations,
Am C D7
Draw conclusions on the wall.
G D C
Some speak of the future,
G D C
My love she speaks softly,
G
She knows there's no success like failure
C D7 G
And that failure's no success at all.
G D C
The cloak and dagger dangles,
G D C
Madams light the candles.
G
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Am C D7
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
G D C
Statues made of match sticks,
G D C
Crumble into one another,
G
My love winks, she does not bother,
C D7 G
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
G D C
The bridge at midnight trembles,
G D C
The country doctor rambles,
G
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
Am C D7
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
G D C
The wind howls like a hammer,
G D C
The night blows cold and rainy,
G
My love she's like some raven
C D7 G
At my window with a broken wing.