Chords for Born Ruffians - What to Say

_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
When [D] I wake up I'm speaking slow.
_ [D] _
When I get drunk I'm [C] speaking more.
_ [D] _
_ Get too drunk and I don't [C] speak [G] at all.
[Eb] _ Get [D] too close to you and I [G] don't know.
[Eb] _ [Ab] Say, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ the [Gm] only time I make sense [G] _ _ [Eb] is when [Gm] I'm talking in [F] my sleep.
_ _ [D] _ But there's nobody around [F] to write [D] it down.
So it gets lost on [C] my books [D] and pillows.
The only [Dm] time you [Cm] made sense [Dm] _ _ was when I was [Cm] talking.
[Fm] _ _ [D] But we had to take [F] turns one at a time.
[D] And when it comes to [Cm] my eyes there's no [Ab] hiding. _ _ _ _
_ Say, _ _ _ [Gm] _
when I'm talking to [Ab] you. _ _ _
_ Say, _ _ [Bb] when you're standing there talking to [G] me.
_ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] Words that don't [B]
relate.
You are another poet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ whose feet didn't touch.
You're strung together one by _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] things that [Cm] don't relate.
[C] You [B] are another spoke, a [C] _
_ _ _ _ candle from another love.
They don't see [B] people when they [Bb] spoke.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [Eb] And people _ talk.
_ _ _ People [Cm] _
talk.
_ [Eb] _ _ People [Cm] _
talk.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] But they don't know what to say.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What do we say?
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] When it comes to you, [Cm] you look good enough.
_ When it comes to you, [Cm] you look good enough.
[Eb] _ Give [Cm] a kiss that's so elegant.
_ [Eb] _ _ When it comes to you, [Cm] you look good enough.
[Eb] And people [Cm] _
talk.
_ [Eb] _ _ People [Cm] _
talk.
_ [Eb] _ _ People [Cm] _
talk.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] But [Eb] they don't know what to say.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When [Dm] _
_ I'm talking [Ab] to you. _ _ _
_ _ Say, _ _ [Bb] when you're standing there [Eb] talking to me.
_ [Cm] _
Words that [Eb] don't [Ab] relate.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Now [Bb] that I'm standing here talking to you.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _