Intro
E A (x2)
[Verse 1]
E A E A
Well I said, "Take it or leave it," and she left it on the bedroom floor
E A E A
There was quiet in the corners, there was trouble in a bag behind the door
E A E A
And all the lies too oft repeated, they were seated in repose upon the porch
E A E A
And in the midst of all this clamor is the struggle to remember us before
[Chorus]
E A
Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet
E A
Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be
E A
Sit down beside me, pick a place and read
E A
And I will hear you, and I will hear you
[Post-Chorus]
C#m E A
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with loneliness we learned
E C#m
Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk
E
And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear
A E A
And does insist that these things always end like this
E A
Like this
E
Whoaaaa
E A E A
This, like this
[Verse 3]
E A
Well we knew there would be trials
E A
We knew there would be falls
E A
And it was gonna take a while yet
E A
To start to see results
[Chorus]
E A
Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet
E A
Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be
E A
Sit down beside me, pick a place and read
E A
And I will hear you, and I will hear you
[Post-Chorus]
C#m E A
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with longing as we learned
E C#m
Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk
E
And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear
A E A
And does insist that these things always end like this
E A
Like this
E
Whoaaaa
A E A
This, like this
[Outro]
C#m E A E B (x6)