August & September Chords by The The

[B] _ [Em] Last summer, _ [G] _ I [B] started going [Em] out _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[B] in a [Em] tiny hotel room, _ [G] _ _
[B] lying [Em] naked.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] [Em] I knew what you were doing, and I [G] knew what you'd done.
[B] Your [Em] life for me was ended, [G] your new life had begun, but [Bm] I was [Em] cursing your name.
_ [G] _ And [B] I was [Em] kissing that room, [C] _ [G] _ and [B] I was [Em] praying for the storm [G] _ _
[Bm] to stop [Em] loving you.
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bm] I started [Em] writing you letters, which [G] turned into a book.
[Bm] I was gonna [E] reach across the ocean, [C] and [G] toss you a leaf. _
[Bm] What kind [Em] of man was [G] I, _ [Bm] who would sacrifice [Em] your happiness [C] to [G] satisfy his pride?
[D] [Em] What kind of man was [G] I, [Bm] who would delay [Em] your destiny?
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Then [Bm] you came back [Em] to me, and [C] I won't [G] down one year.
[Bm] With a glint in [Em] my eyes, [C] and a [G] rose between my teeth, [D] and I pushed out [Em] my tongue.
[C] [G] For you to see, that [Bm] I've been dying on [Em] the thirst.
[C] [G] You'd been to me, and [Bm] then you quenched my [Em] loneliness _ [C] [G] with your tears.
[Bm] And I've closed [Em] the way, [C] as we [G] rode back the years.
[Bm] But we couldn't [Em] deny it, [C] _ [G] _ _
[Bm] cause we could not [Em] admit it.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] If our [Em] love was strong to [C] die, [G] _ _
[Bm] or we were [Em] just weak to [C] kill it.
[G] _ _
[B] [D] Was our [Em] love too strong to [C] die, _ [G] _
[Bm] or were we [Em] just weak to [C] kill [G] it? _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ Now, [C] I close my [G] eyes in [Gm] prayer.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F]
[G] Every room [Gm] I walk, [C] I [F] clench my [Gm] teeth in prayer.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] What kind of man [C] was I, _ [G] who would sacrifice your happiness [C] to satisfy his pride?
[Bb] What kind [E] of man [C] was I, _ [Gm] who would [G] delay your destiny [C] to appease his tiny mind?
[Gm] What kind of man [C] was I, _ [Gm] who would delay your destiny [C] to appease his aching [Gm] swollen pride?
_ [C] _ _ _
[G] Who could delay [Gm] your destiny [C] to appease his screaming [Gm] little [A] mind?
[Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ [F]
[Gm] I am, _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [F] I [Gm] am, _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] I [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] am, _ [F] _
[Gm] _ [Bb] I am, [C] _ _ _
[Gm] I am, _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] I am. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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