Verse:
G                          Am
pect to see something that you hadn' t seen in some-
Bm                      C
body you' ve known since you were sixteen and if
D         Em  ,
Love is a bolt from the blue then
C                       G  
What is a bolt but a glorified screw and that
C ,                      D  ,    D  ,
Doesn' t hold nothing to-gether  far from these

Verse:
G                       Am
Nonsense bars and their nowhere music it' s
Bm                   C
Making me sick and I know it' s making you sick there' s
D                      Em ,
Nothing there it' s like  eating air it' s like
C                   G 
Drinking gin with nothing else in and
C ,                      D ,    D ,
That doesn' t hold me to-gether  but for

Chorus:
G           Am ~                   Bm ~                 C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room I
D ~                          Em ,                   C                    G 
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
B                      C                         G                     Em
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
G           Am        ' C         ' D         G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin now I know you like

Verse:
G                        Am
Your boys who take their medicine from the
Bm                 C
Bowl with a silver spoon who
D                          Em ,
Run away with the dish and scale the fish by
C                          G 
The silvery light of the moon who were

Verse:
B                          C 
Taught from the womb to be-lieve till the tomb that as
G                          Em
Far as their bleeding eyes see is a
G                           Am
Pleasure pen meant for them build-ed and rent for them
' C          ' D        G
 Not for the likes of me no not for the
C ,               D ,  D ,
Likes of you and me____ and for

Chorus:
G           Am ~                   Bm ~                 C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
D ~                          Em ,                   C                    G 
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
B                      C                         G                     Em
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
G           Am        ' C         ' D         G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin oh but the

Bridge:
D          D           ' Bm  ' Am  G
Green-eyed harpy of the salt land__ she
D        D          ' Bm ' Am  G
Takes in-to hers     my  hand__ and she says
Em                  A9  ' Bm      ' Am         D     D  
  Boy I know you' re lying  oh but then so am I and to this I said oh

Solo:
G   Am  Bm  C
Well
D  Em ,  C   -G-bass-  G 
B  C     G  Em

G  Am  ' C  ' D
              Now
Verse:
G                        Am ~
Put me in a cage full of lions I' ll learn to speak
Bm ~                C
Lion in fact I know the language
D                Em ,
Well I picked it up while I was
C   -G-bass-            G 
Versing myself in the languages they speak in

Verse:
Am                   Bm                      C
Hell that night that silence gave birth to a baby they
D                   Em ,
Took it away to her silent dismay and they
C                     G 
  Raised it to be a lady now she
C ,                   D ,  D ,-Gb-bass-
Can' t keep her mouth shut__ and for

Chorus:
G           Am ~                   Bm ~                 C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
D                       Em ,                   C   -G-bass-         G 
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
B                      C                         G                     Em
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
G           Am        ' C         ' D         G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin and yes that

Chorus Vaiation:
G           Am ~                   Bm ~                 C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
D ~                               Em ,
Played a few songs for those bumps in the night in fact
C   -G-bass-         G 
I played this very tune but you said
B                          C                  G                Em
What is this six string-ed instrument but an  adolescent loom__ and
G           Am        ' C         ' D             G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin__

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