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