Cm Fm
She looks for sympathy
Bb Eb
I give her sorrow
Cm Abm/F
She asks for honesty
Bb Eb
I've none to borrow
C/E Fm
She needs my tender kiss
C/E Fm
She begs it of me
D7 G
I give her ugliness
Gb9 (or N.C.)
Why does she love me?
Cm Fm
She yearns for higher things
Bb Eb
Things I can't give her
Cm Ab/F
The rush that music brings
Bb Eb
I can't deliver
C/E Fm
And even when she sings
C/E Fm
And soars above me
D7 G
I try to clip her wings
Gb9 (or N.C.)
Why does she love me?
Cm D7
One more drink, sir.
Cm Ab7
That's what I need, don't you think, sir?
Fm7 Gm
Leave the
Eb Gm Cm
Hurt behind.
D7 Cm Ab7 Cm Ab7
(Do you hear me? Another drink!)
Cm Fm
She wants the man I was
Bb Eb
Husband and father
Cm Abm/F
At least, she thinks does
Bb Eb
She needn't bother
C/E Fm
Beneath this mask I wear
C/E Fm
There's nothing of me
D7 G
Just horror, shame, despair
Gb9 (or N.C.)
Why does she love me?
Cm D7
How 'bout you, sir?
Cm Ab7
Tell me what am I to do, sir?
Fm7 Gm Eb Gm Cm
Leave the hurt behind...