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Cm

Gm

Cm

Gm

Cm

I found her on the night of fire and noise

Gm

Wild bells rang in a wild sky

Cm

I knew from that moment on

Gm

That I would love her till the day that I died

Cm

And I kissed away a thousand tears

Gm

My lady of the various sorrows

Cm

Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen

Gm

Some kept safe for tomorrow

Cm

On an endless night silver star spangled

C#

D

D

The bells from the chapel went jingle, jangle

Cm

Bb

Gm

Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me?

Cm

Bb

F

Do You love me

Gm

Like I love you She was given to me to put things right And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her And I seemed so obsolete and small I found God and all His devils insider her In my bed she cast the blizzard out A mock sun blazed upon her head So completely filled with light she was Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled And the bells from the chapel went jingle, jangle

Cm

Bb

Gm

Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me?

Cm

Bb

F

Do You love me

Gm

Like I love you She had a heartful of love and devotion She had a mindful of tyranny and terror Well, I try, I do, I really try But I just err, baby, I do, I error So come and find me, my darling one I'm down to the grounds, the very dregs Ah, here she comes, blocking the sun Blood running down the inside of her legs The moon in the sky is battered and mangled And the bells from the chapel went

D

Jingle, jangle Jingle, jangle Jingle, jangle Jingle, jangle

Cm

Bb

Gm

Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me?

Cm

Bb

F

Do You love me

Gm

Like I love you

Cm

All things move toward their end

Gm

I knew before I met her that I would lose her

Cm

I swear I made every effort to be good to her

Gm

I swear I made every effort not to abuse her

Cm

Crazy bracelets on her wrists and her ankles

C#

D

D

And the bells from the chapel went jingle jangle

Cm

Bb

Gm

Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me? Do You love me, (you) love me?

Cm

Bb

F

Do You love me

Gm

Like I love you

D

G

I've searched the holy books

D

G

D

G

D

G

I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviour

D

G

I've read the poets and the analysts

D

G

D

G

D

G

Searched through the books on human behaviour

A

G

I travelled this world around

A

G

F#m

Em

For an answer that refused to be found

A

I don't know why and I don't know how

G

A

D

G

D

G

But she's nobody's baby now I loved then, I guess I love her still Hers is the face I see when a certain mood moves in She lives in my blood and skin Her wild, feral stare, her dark hair Her winter lips as cold as stone, and I was her man Although some things love won't allow I held her hand but I don't hold it now I don't know why and I don't know how But she's nobody's baby now This is her dress that I loved best With the blue quilted violets across the breast And these are my many letters Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand I was her cruel-hearted man And though I've tried to lay her ghost down Well she's moving through me, even now I don't know why and I don't know how But she's nobody's baby now She's nobody's baby now Nobody's baby now She's nobody's baby now

Cm

Fm

Gm

There's a devil waiting outside your door (how much longer?) There's a devil waiting outside your door (how much longer?) And he's bucking and braying and pawing at the floor (how much longer?) And he's howling with pain, crawling up the walls (how much longer?) There's a devil waiting outside your door (how much longer?) And he's weak with evil and broken by the world (how much longer?) And he's shouting your name and asking for more (how much longer?) There's a devil waiting outside your door (how much longer?)

Cm

Fm

Gm

Loverman! Since the world began Forever, Amen Till the end of time Yeah, take off that dress Oooh, I'm coming down yeah I'm your loverman yeah Cause I am, what I am, what I am , what I am, what I am

Cm

Fm

Gm

L is for love, baby, and O is for only you that I do V is for loving virtually everything that you are E is for loving almost everything that you do R is for Rape me and M is for murder me and A is for answering all of my prayers N is for knowing your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours Loverman! Till the bitter end While the empires burn down Forever and ever and ever, ever, Amen I'm your loverman So help me, baby So help me, baby Cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am I'm your loverman!

Cm

Fm

Gm

There's a devil crawling along your floor (how much longer?) There's a devil crawling along your floor (how much longer?) With a trembling heart, he's coming through your door (how much longer?) With his straining sex in his jumping paw (how much longer?) There's a devil crawling along your floor (how much longer?)

Cm

And he's old and he's stupid and he's hungry and he's sore

Fm

Gm

And he's blind and he's lame and he's dirty and he's poor

Cm

Give me more, give me more, give me more

Fm

Gm

Give me more, give me more, give me more (how much longer?)

Cm

Fm

Gm

There's a devil crawling along your floor Loverman! Here I stand Forever, Amen 'Cause I am, what I am, what I am, what I am Hey, forgive me, baby My hands are tied And I got no choice no, no, no, no I got no choice, no choice at all

Cm

Fm

Fm

I'll say it again, L is for love, baby, O is for oh yes I do V is for virtue, so I ain't gonna hurt you E is for even if you want me to R is for render unto me, baby M is for that which is mine A is for any old how, darling N is for any old time Loverman! yeah, yeah, yeah I got the masterplan yeah To take off your dress And be your man, be your man Seize the throne Seize the mantle Seize that crown, yeah Cause I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, yes I am I'm your loverman!

Cm

Fm

Gm

There's a devil lying by your side (how much longer?) Think he's asleep, take a look at his eyes (how much longer?) And he wants you, darling, to be his bride (how much longer?) And there's a devil lying by your side (how much longer?) I'll be your Loverman! I'll be your Loverman! Take my hand 'Cause I am, what I am, what I am, what I am...

Jangling Jack goes yackety-yack Visits the home of the brave, hails a fat yellow cab Jack wanna celebrate, Jack wanna big drink Driver drops him at a bar called the Rinky-Dink Jack pushes through the door and crosses the floor Tips his hat to a man grinning in the corner Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Says, I'm Jangling Jack, I go do-da-do I wanna Rinky-Dink Special, I wanna little umbrella too And he flops on his stool, sees the grinning man laugh So Jack laughs back, Jack raises his glass Says, "God bless this country and everything in it The losers and the winners, the good guys and the sinners" The grinning man says, Buddy, it's all yackety-yack Whips out a little black pistol, shoots a bullet in Jack Ah yeah now, Jangling Jack, do-da-do, do-da-do Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Hey brother, Jangling Jack flies off his seat Crashes through the door, lands in a heap on the street Hears his mother's voice going do-do-do Jack is shouting, mummy, mummy, mummy is that you? He sees the berserk city, sees the dead stacked in piles Sees the screaming crowd, screams "Where am I?" Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Ah yeah, Jangling Jack, do-da-do, do-da-do Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Mummy, mummy, well Jangling Jack As a matter of fact, crawls through the crowd Back into the bar, Jack crawls to his stool Jack drags himself up, falls back down on his arse In a puddle of blood going "Goodbye Mummy, Goodbye Pa" Then Jack doubles over and he vomits and dies Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Going do-da-do Oh yeah, Jangling Jack, do-da-do, do-da-do Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do? Jangling Jack, how do you do-da-do?

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Am

Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks

Dm

Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires

Am

Hey man, you know you're never coming back Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks

E7

On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man

D7

Am

In a dusty black coat with a red right hand He'll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul But there won't be a single thing that you can do He's a God, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru They're whispering his name through this disappearing land But hidden in his coat is a red right hand You don't have no money, he'll get you some You don't have no car, he'll get you one You don't have no self respect, you feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy 'cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his red right hand | | | You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen Hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off He's a ghost, he's a God, he's a man, he's a guru You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand | | |

Am

C

Am

Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twins

G

Am

Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in

C

Am

Darling, you're the punishment for all of my former sins

G

I let love in

Am

I let love in The door it opened just a crack, but Love was shrewd and bold My life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to behold A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the floor of a concrete hole I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in Well I've been bound and gagged and I've been terrorized And I've been castrated and I've been lobotomized But never has my tormentor come in such a cunning disguise I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in

Dm

O Lord, tell me what I done, please don't leave me here alone

Dm

Am

Where are my friends? My friends are gone

Dm

O Lord, tell me what I done, please don't leave me here alone

Dm

Am

Where are my friends? My friends are gone I let love in I let love in So if you're sitting all alone and hear a-knocking at your door And the air is full of promises, well buddy, you've been warned Far worse to be Love's lover than the lover that Love has scorned I let love in I let love in Yeah, I let love in I let him in I let love in, yeah I let love in I let him in I let love in

I know you've heard it all before But I'm sorry for this three year war For the setting up of camps and wire and trenches I'm sorry for the other night I know sorry it don't make it right I'm sorry for things I can't even mention I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog You keep nailing me back into my box I'm sorry I keep popping up With my crazy mouth and jangling jester's cap I'm sorry I ever wrote that book I'm sorry for the way I look But there ain't a lot that I can do about that I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry... I'm sorry about the hospital Some things are unforgivable That things simply cannot be forgiven I was not equipped to know how to care And on the occasions I came up for air I saw my life and wondered what the hell had I been living I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry... I'm sorry about all your friends I hope they'll speak to me again I said before I'd pay for all the damages I'm sorry it's just rotten luck I'm sorry I've forgotten how to fuck It's just that I think my heart and soul are kind of famished I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry... Forgive me, baby but don't worry Love is always having to say you're sorry And I am, from my head down to my shoes I'm sorry that I'm always pissed I'm sorry that I exist And when I look into your eyes I can see you're sorry too I'm sorry, sorry, sorry...

Am

Em

Once there came a storm in the form of a girl

Am

Em

It blew to pieces my snug little world

Am

Em

Sometimes I swear I can still hear her howl

Am

Em

Down through the wreckage and the ruins

Am

Em

And it ain't gonna rain anymore

Am

Em

Now my baby's gone

Am

Em

And it ain't gonna rain anymore

Am

Em

Now my baby's gone Now the storm has passed over me I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams And it ain't gonna rain anymore Now my baby's gone And it ain't gonna rain anymore Now my baby's gone Now I got no one to hold Now I am all alone again It ain't too hot but it ain't too cold And there is no sign of rain And it ain't gonna rain anymore Now my baby's gone, yeah And it ain't gonna rain anymore Now my baby's gone, yeah And I'm on my own She ain't coming back no more She ain't coming back no more She ain't coming back no more Say what you will, I don't care

They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low) They're gonna sink me in the snow (Lay me low) They're gonna throw back their heads and crow (Lay me low) When I go They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low) They're gonna wave their arms about (Lay me low) All the stories will come out (Lay me low) When I go All the stars will all glow bright (Lay me low) And my friends will give up the fight (Lay me low) They'll see my work in a different light (Lay me low) Yeah, when I go They'll try telephoning my mother (Lay me low) But they'll end up getting my brother (Lay me low) Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover (Lay me low) That I hardly know Hats off to the man on top of the world Come crawl up here, baby, and I'll show you how it works If you wanna be my friend and you wanna repent And you want it all to end and you wanna know when Well do it now, don't care how Take your final bow Make a stand, take my hand And blow it all to hell They gonna inform the police chief (Lay me low) Who'll breathe a sigh of relief (Lay me low) He'll say I was a malanderer, a badlander, and a thief (Lay me low) Yeah, when I go They will interview my teachers (Lay me low) Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures (Lay me low) They'll print informative six-page features (Lay me low) When I go They'll bang a big old gong (Lay me low) The motorcade will be ten miles long (Lay me low) The world will join together for a farewell song (Lay me low) When they put me down below They'll sound a fluegelhorn (Lay me low) And the sea will rage, and the sky will storm (Lay me low) All man and beast will mourn (Lay me low) When I go Hats off to the man on top of the world Come crawl up here, baby and we can watch this damn thing turn If you wanna be my friend and you wanna repent And you want it all to end and you wanna know when Well do it now, do it now Take a long last bow Take my hand, make a stand And blow it all to hell Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low Lay me low, lay me low Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low Yeah, when I go Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low Yeah when I go Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low Lay me low, lay me low Lay me low, lay me low