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