Sugarplum Elegy

[C] [A7] [Dm] [G7]

 

[C] Seven months [Asus2] older

Air’s getting [Dm] cold, our bed’s startin’ to [G] creak

[C] God knows where [Asus2] you are

[Am] I’m here wai[Dm]-ting for love through a [G] screen

[C]You show me the outfit you chose

[Asus2]For the dinner and [Am]tonight’s show

[Dm]Must be nice [Dm6]to be your [G]clothes

[C]Second to none even at your worst

[Asus2]Sometimes I wish you’d put [Am]me first

[Dm]Nowadays [Dm6]you’re such a [G]blur

 

[F]We keep [G]dancing around [Am]the innocent truth that we’re [G]just...

 

[G7]Out of [C]time ([A7]ooh)

[Dm]Must I die before you [G]feel a[C]live? ([A7]ooh)

A [Dm]curse in a graceful dis[G]guise

[Dm]I love you too [Fmaj7]much to stay in Flove

 

[C]How are you [Asus2]darling? How are you, [Dm]really?

How was [G]Taiwan? (you never say)

[C]Thanks for the [Asus2]flowers, but you’ve been here [Dm]hours

Yet your coat’s still [G]very much on

 

[F]Tiptoein’ Garound the [Am]bitter truth but we both [G]know...

 

[G7]It's just Ctime (A7ooh)

[Dm]Must I die before you [G]feel aClive? ([A7]ooh)

A [Dm]curse in a graceful dis[G]guise

 

[Dm]Great was our [G]love, it was [Am]one for the books

[Dm]We gave it the [G]best that we Ccould

[Dm]But I won’t [G]recite all my [E7]lines just to [Am]watch you and [Dm]I...[G]lie

[Dm]I’m so proud I [Fmaj7]got to love you [F]once

[C] [A7] [Dm] [G7]