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
C F C F
And all the lies too oft repeated, they were seated in repose upon the porch
C F C F
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]
Am C F
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with loneliness we learned
C Am
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]
Am C F
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with longing as we learned
C Am
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]
Am C F C G (x6)