Intro G  G  C  G 

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With a glass inlaid with gemstones 
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On a pool around the evening 
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Among the perfumed roses 
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Wait for her 

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With the patience of a packhorse 
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Loaded for the mountains 
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Like a stoic, noble prince 
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Wait for her 

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With seven pillows laid out on the stair 
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The scent of women's incense fills the air 
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Be calm, and wait for her 

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And do not flush the sparrows 
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That are nesting in her braids 
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All along the barricades 
         G    G  G/F# 
Wait for her 

Em                  C 
   And if she comes soon 
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Wait for her 
Em                  C 
   And if she comes late 
G    G 
Wait 

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 Let her be still 
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As a summer afternoon 
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A garden in full bloom 

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Let her breathe in the air 
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That is foreign to her heart 
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 Let her lips part 
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Wait for her 

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Take her to the balcony 
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See the moon soaked in milk 
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Hear the rustle of her silk 
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Wait for her 

      G 
Don't let your eyes alight upon 
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The twin doves of her breast 
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 Lest they take flight 
         G   G  G/F# 
Wait for her 

Em                  C 
   And if she comes soon 
         G   G G/F# 
Wait for her 
Em                  C 
   And if she comes late 
G     D   
Wait, Wait 

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Serve her water before wine 
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Do not touch her hand 
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Let your fingertips rest at her command 

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Speak softly as a flute would to a fearful violin 
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Breathe out 
            G  G G/F# 
Breathe in 

Solo Em  C  G  G/F# 
     Em  C  G  D 

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And as the echo fades 
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From that final fusillade 
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Remember the promises you made 

( G  D  C  G ) 

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She was always here in my heart 
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Always the love of my life 
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We were strangers, oceans apart 
Em       D 
   But when I laid eyes on her 
C                G 
   A part of me died 

( G  C  G  C  G ) 

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The part that is envious, cold hearted and devious 
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Greedy, mischievous, global, colonial 
  C 
Bloodthirsty, blind, mindless and cheap 
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Focused on borders and slaughter and sheep 
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Burning of books, bulldozing of homes 
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Given to targeted killing with drones 
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Lethal injections, arrest without trial 
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Monocular vision, gangrene and slime 
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Unction, sarcasm, common assault 
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Self-satisfied heroic killers 
          G 
Lifted on high 
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Piracy adverts, acid attacks 
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On women by bullies and perverts and hacks 
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The rigging of ballots and the buying of power 
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Lies from the pulpit 

Rape in the shower 
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Mute, indifferent 

Feeling no shame 
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Portly, important 
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Leering, deranged 
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Sat in the corner watching TV 
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Deaf to the cries of children in pain 
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Dead to the world 
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Just watching the game 
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Watching endless repeats out of sight, out of mind 
G 
Silence, indifference 

The ultimate crime 
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But when I met you, that part of me died 

C                               G      G  G/F# 
  Bring me a bowl to bathe her feet in 
C                        G 
  Bring me my final cigarette 

             G         D/F#    Em        D            C     
It would be better by far to die in her arms than to linger 
      B            B7 
In a lifetime of regret