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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
CGBb
Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.
F
Wounded in the line of duty,
DmCGm
parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties,
BbFCm
urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles.
BbDm
Leave it all and like a man,
BbDm
come back to nothing special,
Am* Am*
such as waiting rooms and ticket lines,
Dm* Am*
silver bullet suicides,
Dm* Am*
and messianic ocean tides,
Dm* Am*
and racial roller-coaster rides
Bb* A*
and other forms of boredom advertised as poetry.
EEEE
(just the bottom note)
[Chorus]
BmD
I know you need your sleep now,
A
I know your life's been hard.
BmD
But many men are falling,
A
where you promised to stand guard.
[Verse 2]
CGBb
I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor.
F
But then I overheard your prayer,
Dm
that you be this and nothing more
CGmBb
than just some grateful faithful woman's favourite singing
millionaire,
FCmBbDm
the patron Saint of envy and the grocer of despair,
EA
working for the Yankee Dollar.
EEEE
[Chorus]
BmD
I know you need your sleep now,
A
I know your life's been hard.
BmD
But many men are falling,
A
where you promised to stand guard.
[Verse 3]
CGBb
Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are,
FDm
and be your sweetest self awhile until I ask for more, my child.
CGmBb
Then let the other selves be wrong, yeah, let them manifest and come
FCm
till every taste is on the tongue,
BbDm
till love is pierced and love is hung,
BbDm
and every kind of freedom done, then
Am* F* Am* F* Am* F*
oh my love, oh my love, oh my love,...