Verse:
       Gbm
Just a moment dear
       Dbm
I hear someone at the door
        Bm
And the beating of a heart
       E
That I hid beneath the floor
        D        Db
They've come for me love
Gbm
 Save yourself
     Dbm
I am far beyond repair
          Bm
They will bury me alive
        E
But I'm not inclined to care
     D       Db
I am too far gone now

Interlude: Gbm

   Bm              Gbm
So dry your eyes and count to ten
      Dbm              E
They'll have me on the pyre by then
  Bm             Gbm
Forget the man I used to be
        Dbm             E
You'll move a long more easily


  Gbm
a moment dear
       Dbm
I hear someone in the hall
        Bm
And the plundering of promises
   E
We hung up on the wall
        D        Db
They've come for us love
Gbm                Dbm
Save yourself I am bitter to the bone
        Bm
And I'm growing rather fond
       E
Of the wandering alone
     D       Db
I am too far gone now

Interlude: Gbm

   Bm                Gbm
So dry your eyes and count to ten
      Db      Dbm      E
They'll have me on the pyre by then
   Bm            Gbm
Forget the man I used to be
       Dbm              E
You'll move a long more easily


Gbm        Dbm            E
Now I must finish what I started
Gbm             Dbm           E
 I'll write a symphony for the departed
Gbm       Dbm             E
I have no time for second chances
    Gbm           Dbm                E
So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances


G
   So the scene begins
Dbm
   Your cries become the wind
D                           Gbm
   a desperate plea best left unheard
G
   Then my contrived goodbye
Dbm
   a poet's pantomime
D                           E
   a drunken jester's final words

Interlude: Em E

       Gbm
Just a moment dear
       Dbm
I hear someone at the door
        Bm                        E
And the beating of a heart that I hid beneath the floor
        D        Db
They've come for us love


Gbm        Dbm           E
Now I must finish what I started
Gbm              Dbm          E
 I'll write a symphony for the departed
Gbm       Dbm              E
I have no time for second chances
      Gbm        Dbm                 E
So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances


Gbm        Dbm           E
Now I must finish what I started
Gbm              Dbm          E
 I'll write a symphony for the departed
Gbm       Dbm              E
I have no time for second chances
      Gbm        Dbm                 E
So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances


   Bm            Gbm
So dry your eyes and count to ten
Dbm                    E
They’ll have me on the pyre by then