Detective Lieutenant Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][Em][C][G][Em][Am][G][C]
[G]
Architect and [Em]mason

[Verse 1]
build a square
[G]You're the one who assigns
[Em]it meani[G]ng
You live in [Em]that space you give it
[Am]Joy, anger[C], hope [G]or despair
If I do [Em]a double

[Verse 2]
murder
What [G]this song did for you
does[Em]n't change an iota
[G]One man per cru[Em]cifix
Form a [Am]line, your turn [C]is coming,
just give it [G]time
We don't toss [Em]away

[Verse 3]
what
we love
[G](We don't [Em]toss
away what [G]we love)
Well, maybe [Em]some of us
[Am]But I'm not part of that[C] cover up[G]
I won't toss [Em]away

[Verse 4]
what I love
[G](I won't toss away what
[Em]I lo[G]ve)
I don't care who's [Em]involved
[Am]I'm not part of that[C] cover up[G][C]

[Verse 5]
We don't toss [Em]away what
we love
(We don't toss [C]away[Em]
[C]what we love)
I won't toss [Em]away what
[C]I love[Em][G]
(I won't toss away what I love)

[Verse 6]
Bricklayers [Em]do their part
and they ex[G]it
What hap[Em]pens next is none
of their busi[G]ness
Christ[Em]mas dinner, family b[Am]attles
Who's on [C]drugs and who's [G]pregnant
If we disap[Em]point

[Verse 7]
each other [G]somehow
It's [Em]okay, we don't share
[G]the same house
There's only [Em]one side of the street
You're [Am]responsible [C]for[Am]
And [G]that's yours
[C]

[Verse 8]
We don't toss [Em]away what
we love
[C](We don't [Em]toss away
what [C]we love)
I won't toss [Em]away what I love
(I won't toss [C]away what I[Em]
[G]lov[Em]e)[G][Em][C]

[Verse 9]
We don't toss [Em]away what
we [C]love
(We don't [Em]toss away [C]what we love)
Well, maybe [Em]some of us
[C]But I'm not part of tha[Em]t cover up[C]
I won't toss [Em]away

[Verse 10]
what I [C]love
(I won't [Em]toss away [C]what I [D]love)
I want to [Am]forget you [C]asked
You [Em]don't need

[Verse 11]
to justify
[C]Any and a[Em]ll reasons why[C]
No one [Em]elected you to [Am]judge
Truth is, [C]you're buried all by

[Outro 1]
yourself
[Am][C][G][Em][G][C]
[C]