Intro
G C (x2)
[Verse 1]
G C G C
Well I said, "Take it or leave it," and she left it on the bedroom floor
G C G C
There was quiet in the corners, there was trouble in a bag behind the door
G C G C
And all the lies too oft repeated, they were seated in repose upon the porch
G C G C
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]
Em G C
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with loneliness we learned
G Em
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
G C
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]
Em G C
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with longing as we learned
G Em
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]
Em G C G D (x6)