Love Minus Zero

Intro: 
C F C F C G 



[Verso 1]
 
C 
My love speaks like silence 
F                        C 
Without ideals or violence 
F                                 C 
Doesnt have to say shes faithful 
            Dm               G7 
Know shes true like ice or fire 
 


[Verso 2]
 
C 
People carry roses 
F                        C 
Make promises by the hours 
F                                 C 
My love she laughs like the flowers 
D          G           C 
Valentines cant buy her 
 


[Verso 3]
 
C 
In the dime stores and gas stations 
F                        C 
People talk over situations 
F                            C 
Read books, repeat quotations 
          Dm              G7 
Draw conclusions, on the wall 
 


[Verso 4]
 
C 
Some speak of the future 
F                       C 
My love she speaks softly 
F                                  C 
Knows theres no success like failure 
Dm                 G        C 
And failures no success at all 
 


[Verso 5]
 
C 
The cloak and dagger dangles 
F                        C 
Madames light the candles 
F                           C 
In ceremonies of the horsemen 
Dm                            G7 
Even the pawn must hold a grudge 
 


[Verso 6]
 
C 
Statues made of matchsticks 
F                      C 
Crumble into one another 
F                               C 
My love winks she does not bother 
Dm              D               G     C 
She knows too much to argue or to judge 
 


[Verso 7]
 
C 
The bridge at midnight trembles 
F                        C 
The country doctor rambles 
F                            C 
Bankers nieces seek perfection 
Dm                                      G7 
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring 
 


[Verso 8]
 
C 
The wind howls like a hammer 
F                            C 
The night blows cold and rainy 
F                           C 
My love shes like some raven 
D              G             C 
At my window with a broken wing