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