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