[Verso 1]

 F                 C 
Okay, I'm finished now 
      Cm                Bb 
And I kept my faith for long enough 
      Bbm                     F 
And I hope I'm old and fairly sober 
        C7      Bb7M 
If I'm let down 
F                 C 
Maybe you keep me around 
         Cm           Bb      Bbm 
For the constant affirmations 
                            F 
While I scrounge for understanding 
         C7  Bb7M 
And fall out 
Bb 
I'll let you win and I'll let you tie 
     F            C 
The ribbon to my hair 
Bb 
Just so that we could come back to this 
F             C 
If we really cared 
    Bb 
The morning gates stay open 
       F                         C 
If you had a thought that I'd be there 
           Bb7M 
Oh, I'd be there 

( F  C  Cm  Bb ) 
( Bbm  F  C  Bb ) 


[Verso 2]

F                   C 
Know we could use a break 
        Cm              Bb    
Because I can't feel my feet 
Bbm                 F 
Carried you all the way upstairs 
   C                 Bb7M        A 
So you can sleep and I can think 

Chorus

D     F#m        G 
Stand guard when I am near 
D        F#m   G 
Clinging on to everything you fear 
D          F#7             Gm 
Keeping me close while you hold me out and say 
 A                     A7 
"I don't love you that way" 
D         F#m  G 
Harbor myself away from everyone else 
D                  F#m 
I'm half-awake and intimate 
G 
Eyes closed and I'll commit 
D                      F#7 
What I wish I had with you 
     Gm 
I'll pretend until it's true 
A                     A7  A 
I don't love you that way 
D           F#m             G 
Swallow the pill, it's only fair that I hear 
D           F#m         G 
Know myself better than I have in years 
D            F#7        Gm 
I don't know why I have to defend what I feel 
  A 
I try 
D          F#m        G 
Stand your guard when I am near 
D         F#m          G 
Loathe me until you're reminded of the deal 
D         F#7            Gm 
One of us knows when you hold me out and say 
A6        A            D   F#m  G 
You don't love me that way 

Final D  F#m  G 
        D  F#7  Cm7  Gm 
        D  A  D