Intro: B A E 

E                  A 
Had to go crazy to love you 
E                     B 
Had to go down to the pit 
E            E7              A 
Had to do time in the tower 
F#                  B 
Beggin' my crazy to quit 

E                  A 
Had to go crazy to love you 
E              C#       B 
You, who were never the one 
       E                  (E7) 
Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache 
    E              B             A 
Her braids and her blouse all un-done 

   C#m                        B 
   Sometimes I’d head for the highway 
       C#m         F#            B 
   I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie 
       E                   G#      C# 
   But crazy has places to hide in 
            F#                   B 
   That are deeper than any good-bye 

E                  A 
Had to go crazy to love you 
E                     B 
Had to let everything fall 
E            E7            A 
Had to be people I hated 
F#                  B 
Had to be no one at all 

E                        A 
I’m tired of choosing de-sire 
E                    B 
I’ve been saved by a blessed fatigue 
   E          E7           A 
The gates of commitment un-wired 
    E      B         E 
And nobody tryin’ to leave 

   C#m                        B 
   Sometimes I’d head for the highway 
       C#m         F#               B 
   I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie 
       E                   G#      C# 
   But crazy has places to hide in 
            F#                   B 
   That are deeper than any good-bye 

E                  A 
Had to go crazy to love you 
E              C#       B 
You, who were never the one 
       E                 (E7) 
Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache 
    E              B        A          E 
Her braids and her blouse       all un-done