Love Chronicles Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C][G][D][C][G]
[D][C][G][D][C][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
can remember [C]the first
girl [G]that I [D]did love
It was [C]Stephanie[G]
[D]In kindergarten arithmet[C]ic
[G]classes she [D]used to
Sit next to [C]me[G]
[D]I'd pass her sticky sweets
[C]under [G]the table
Where [D]the teacher couldn't [C]see[G]
[D]Although she wouldn't
remem[C]ber me now
[G]Sometimes I [D]wonder where she

[Interlude 1]
can be
[C][G][D][C][G][D]
[C][G]

[Verse 2]
[D]I can remember the[C] first girl I k[G]issed
It was [D]Christine when I was [C]ten[G]
[D]I'd been told we were moving[C] away
[G]I thought I'd nev[D]er see her again
[C][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]
Oh don't [C]forget [G]me
I'll [D]be back when [G]they let me
[D]Before you learn how to [C]lie
when you're [G]leaving
Love is [D]so much easier [C]then
[G][D][C][G][D]

[Verse 4]
[C][G]
And [A]at school [D]would you believe
[G]three hundred boy[D]s
And no [A]girls at all
[D]But you're a f[A]ool if [D]you should leave
[G]Just think of the[D] joys of rug[A]by football
[D]And

[Verse 5]
[G]prep in [D]the morning
[G]and Brylcreem and [D]acne
And [G]cross-country running
[D]running to [C]kill evil [A]thoughts
I'm surprised [D]that I survived
[G]I ran ten thousand mil[D]es with my
[A]back to [C]the wall

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][D][C][G][D]
[C][G]
[D]I can remember

[Verse 6]
the first
[C]girl tha[G]t I made love to[D]
It was [C]in a park[G]
[D]In the lower pleasure gar
[C]dens in Bournemouth
[G]In [D]summer just after dar[C]k[G]
[D]My mind

[Verse 7]
[C]was[G][D]
reeling: Oh what a [C]feel[G]ing.
[D]I missed the bus and walked
[C]twelve mil[G]es home
And [D]it really didn't seem
[C]far

[Interlude 3]
[G][D][C][G][D][C][G]
And [D]all through

[Verse 8]
[A]my
[G]seventeenth sum[D]mer
Running [A]together from
crowds and [D]ties
Taking [A]our clothes off
and feeling each oth[D]er
With fingers [A]and senses
and mouths and eye[D]s
In[G]curring the glances

[Verse 9]
[D]
of [G]old disap[D]proval
From [G]elderly loc[D]al inhab[C]itant's [A]eyes
Oh [D]time, [A]time we hardly
even [D]knew you
You didn't [A]touch us [G]with
[A]your lies
[D][G][D]

[Verse 10]
[C][G]
In [D]the halcyon days of my
[C]late ado[G]lescence
My [D]goal seemed clearly in [C]sight[G]
[D]Playing electric gui[C]tar with a beat gro[G]up
[D]We set the ballrooms alight
[C][G]

[Verse 11]
[D]
Camping it up for the dyed
[C]blonde [G]receptionists
Who [D]told us we were al-ri-yi-yight
[C]On On [G]On an ego[D] trip for
a [C]teenage su[G]perstar
On [D]thirty shillings a nigh-yight
[C][G]

[Interlude 4]
[D][C][G][D]
[C][G]

[Verse 12]
[D]And so it fell that I cam[C]e up to [G]London
To look [D]for fortune and [C]fame[G]
[D]Starry eyed in my seasid[C]e succes[G]ses
And [D]much too sure of the game
[C][G]

[Verse 13]
[D]
First girl I [C]met [G]the[D]reI thought
I'd [C]get [G]there
[D]But the first girl was[C] nearly the las[G]t girl
She [D]left my eyes in the [C]drain[G][D]
She [A]sat on my [D]floor in [A]the dead of [D]the night
[G]Rolling a j[D]oint and looking
round for [A]a light
[G]Her clothes were so [D]black and her
[G]face was so [D]white
How could I know what was [A]right?

[Verse 14]
[G]And I sat all huddled [A]upon my [D]bed
[G]Watching her in my inno[A]cence
And it was no [G]sense at all,
but [A]too much [D]sense
That [A]took me to [G]the bridge
[D]of [A]impotence[G][D]
[A]Oh [D]Artaud'santhology lay
[A]spread on [D]the floor

[Verse 15]
[G]And the thoughts that she gave [D]me,
I'd not met [A]before
[G]And stranded half [D]hypnotised,
I [G]watched her [D]in awe
Of everything that she stood [A]for

[Verse 16]
[G]And I wanted more [A]than [D]anything
to [G]be like her with [A]every sense
But it was no [G]sense at all,
but too [A]much [D]sense
That [A]took me to [G]the bridge
[D]of [A]impotence[G][D]
[A]She came over to [D]me an[A]d kissed me in [D]play

[Verse 17]
[G]Taking my han[D]d between
her legs as she [A]lay
And she [G]looked in my [D]eyes but
[G]I turned them [D]away
Finding no words fit [A]to say

[Verse 18]
And [G]I hated myself,
but [A]could not [D]move
[G]Shattered in my [A]confidence
But it was no [G]sense at all,
but [A]too much [D]sense
That [A]took me to [G]the bridge of
[D]impotence
[A][G]

[Verse 19]
[D]
Now [A]the stare of [D]the
lightbulb tore [A]holes in my brain
[D]As she got up [G]in the[D] silence
that hung like [A]a stain
[G]And I wanted to speak,
[D]or to [G]call out her nam[D]e

[Verse 20]
But how could I begin to explain?
[A]And my [G]prosecuting
room [A]still hold[D]s
[G]A strand of her hair in [A]evidence
But it was no [G]sense at all,
but [A]too much [D]sense
That [A]took me to [G]the bridge
[D]of impotence
[A][G]

[Verse 21]
[D]
Oh I [A]still think [D]about her when the
[A]night fills with [D]rain
[G]And speaks in its [D]voices uneasy and [A]vain
And I [G]think were I [D]maybe
[G]to find her [D]again
Oh I'd probably see her more
[A]plain

[Verse 22]
And I should [G]have known she
was [A]just like [D]me
It was [G]af ter all only com[A]mon-sense
But But it was [G]no sense at all,
but [A]too much [D]sense
That took [A]me to [G]the bridge[D]
[A]of impotence[G][D]
But it was [G]no sense at all,
[A]but too much [D]sense
That [A]took me to [G]the bridge [D]of [A]impotence
[G][D]

[Interlude 5]
[A][G][D]
[A][G][D][A][G][D]
[C][G][D][C][G]

[Verse 23]
[D]At first I didn't go out[C] much at all
[G]I just sta[D]yed at home in my cha[C]ins[G]
[D]Picking over the thread
[C]s of my confid[G]ence
An[D]d searching for [C]the remain[G]s[D]

[Verse 24]
And when I couldn't [C]stand any [G]more of it
[D]Going down to a c[C]lub[G]
[D]Mixing in with the sound
[C]s and the crowds[G]
I let the mu[D]sic cover [C]me up
[G][D][C][G][D]

[Verse 25]
[C][G]
An[F#]d only, lonely,
[D]the harle[A]quins and [D]painted [G]pho[A]nie[Bm]s
Pick their [F#]ways, through the haze
Of [D]highs and [A]lows and [D]blues
[G]And all that I could [F#]do was
to pick [G]my way [F#]to you

[Verse 26]
[G]Though I didn't [F#]tell you
You [G]were just a thing [F#]to prove
I [Bm]was [Bbaug]hungry when fo[D]und you,
but I'm [Em]al r[G]ight now
[Bm]

[Verse 27]
[F#]They sigh, they lie,
[D]the [A]refugees and [D]su per[Bm]her o[A]es
[Bm]On i[F#]ce, so nice to see[D] you,
[A]what's you[D]r name?
[G]And all that I could [F#]do was
to [G]say the same [F#]to you
[G]Take you for the mo[F#]ment,
though the mo[G]ment wasn't true
[F#]But I was [Bm]hungr[Bbaug]y when I found y[D]ou
and I'm [E]al [Em]right [G]now[Bm]

[Verse 28]
Though [Em]the street [A]lamp cut
through [D]the curfew
It shed [E]no [A]light on our [D]mind
It would [E]have been so [A]easy to love [D]you
At [G]any other time
[F#]

[Verse 29]
Only, lonely, [D]you came to [A]me
the night [D]hun[Bm]g coldly
[F#]In your eyes, some other time I
[D]might [A]have stayed with [D]you
[G]But all that I could [F#]do was
[D]to turn [G]around [F#]to you
[G]Thanks for what you [F#]gave me now
it's [G]time to say [F#]"Adieu"
[Bm]I was [D]hungry when I found you
but I'm [E]al [Em]right [G]now[Bm].
[F#]Ba ba ba[D]

[Verse 30]
al[E]right[Em][G][Bm]

[Interlude 6]
now
[Bbaug][D][C][G][D]
[C][G][D]

[Verse 31]
And so it came that [C]I stood disillu[G]sioned
By [D]everything I'd been [C]told[G]
[D]I just didn't bel[C]ieve love exist[G]ed
They were [D]all just digging for [C]gold[G]

[Verse 32]
[D]Widows and bankers and typ
[C]ists and [G]businessmen
[D]Loved each other they [C]said[G]
[D]But all it was though was
[C]just a man[G]oeuvre
The [D]quickest way into [C]bed
[G][D][C][G][D]
[C][G][D]

[Verse 33]
And so I followed the oth[C]ers' ex[G]ample
And [D]jumped into the mel[C]ee[A]
In the [D]hunting grounds of Earls
[C]Court and Swiss [G]Cottage
[D]I did my best to get laid
[C][G]

[Verse 34]
[D]
Beer cans and [C]parties,
[G]deb[D] girls and ar[C]ties[G][D]
Bouncing around in the so[C]cial confu[G]sion
[D]Missing and making the grade
[C][G]

[Interlude 7]
[D][G][D]
[C][G][D]

[Verse 35]
The very first [C]time I must confess
[D]I thought you'd be [C]like all of the res[D]t
And we'd [C]be strangers once [G]again
By [F]the time we [A]were dressed

[Verse 36]
But when you'd [C]smoked
your [D]cigarette
And talked of some [C]people that we'd [D]me
I found myself ask[C]ing was it [G]set,
did you have [F]to go [A]yet

[Verse 37]
And [F]so you laughed and
then [C]kissed me
[Bb]And stayed for the [C]whole weekend
[G]Altho[F]ugh the bed was so narrow[C]
[Bb]We had [C]to sleep end to en[G]d
[D][C]

[Verse 38]
[D]
And so the week[C]s passed
through my [D]brain
In [C]their dadaistic[D]chain
I found myself [C]seeing you again,
[G]and aga[F]in and aga[A]in
And all you [C]gave you gave it [D]free
Asking [C]for nothing back from [D]me

[Verse 39]
You gave your[C]self unselfishly
[G]as a par[F]t of me[A]
And [F]where I thought
that just [C]plucking
[Bb]The fruits of the [C]bed was [G]enough
It [F]grew to be less like [C]fucking
And [Bb]more like [C]making love
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 40]
Of [G]all the girls I [D]ever knew
[C]some loved and [G]some [D]denied me
And [G]all the words I [D]ever said
have [C]been no [G]use [D]to hide me

[Verse 41]
And [G]all the songs I [D]ever sung
each [C]one of [G]them un[D]tied me
And [G]all the girls I [D]ever loved
have [C]left them[G]selves [D]inside me

[Outro 1]
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