Verse 1: Bm D Wise man once said Gmaj7 A "Wild winds are death to the candle" Bm D Gmaj7 A a rose by any other name is a scandal Bm D Gmaj7 Cautions issued, he stood A Shooting the messengers Bm A Gmaj7 D They tried to warn him about her Chorus: D A Cross your thoughtless heart Bm Gmaj7 Only liquor anoints you D A She's the albatross Bm Gmaj7 She is here to destroy you Verse 2: Bm D Wise man once said Gmaj7 A "One bad seed kills the garden" Bm D Gmaj7 A "One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen" Bm D Gmaj7 Locked me up in towers A But I'd visit in your dreams Bm D Gmaj7 A And they tried to warn you about me Chorus: D A Cross your thoughtless heart Bm Gmaj7 Only liquor anoints you D A She's the albatross Bm Gmaj7 She is here to destroy you D A Devils that you know Bm Gmaj7 Raise worse hell than a stranger D A She's the death you chose Bm Gmaj7 You're in terrible danger Bridge: Em Gmaj7 D A Em And when that sky rains fire on you Gmaj7 D A And you're persona non grata Em Gmaj7 D A Em I'll tell you how I've been there too Gmaj7 D A And that none of it matters Chorus: Bm D Gmaj7 Wise men once read fake news A And they believed it Bm D Gmaj7 Jackals raised their hackles A You couldn't conceive it Bm D Gmaj7 A Bm You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed D Gmaj7 A And I tried to warn you about them Chorus: D A So I crossed my thoughtless heart Bm Gmaj7 Spread my wings like a parachute D A I'm the albatross Bm Gmaj7 I swept in at the rescue D A The devil that you know Bm Gmaj7 Looks now more like an angel D A I'm the life you chose Bm Gmaj7 D A And all this terrible danger Bm Gmaj7 D A This terrible danger D A Bm G So cross your thoughtless heart D A She's the albatross Bm Gmaj7 She is here to destroy you
