Em G C B Em G C B
I, stole the train out of your dream now you're full of bitter themes
Em G C B Em G C B
standing by the fruit machines you showed me what ambition means.
Em G C B
you're a highly paid actress struggling to get work as a waitress,
Em G C B
you ran away from the circus to go to school,
Em G C B
this ripe tomato that you call your brain
Em G C B
is beginning, to get on my nerves again
A Em
Oh David, you said, sometimes life gets complicated
A B
the telephone sweet telephone the kind of talk I've always hated
Em A Em A Em A Em A
yeah, I said yeah, I said yeah, I said yeah
G A Em A Em A
baby you don't have to go, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
G A Em A Em A
cos Jimmy Reed he told you so
Em G C B
I would like to die tonight without any feelings of guilt,
Em G C B
no use cryin over all the milk I've spilled,
Em G C B Em G C B
on bedrooms floors, behind closed doors, on silk tight ladies bellies
Em G C B
well I called about your hair your legs your eyes your mouth your skin
Em G C B
and I got drunk and fell asleep and dreamed of all the places you had been,
Em G C B Em G C B
every dream ended in violence, the rest is silence
A Em
David, you said, my mouth is sweet as pink ice cream
A B
David you said, I will get you in my dreams
Em A Em A Em A Em A
oh yeah, I said yeah, I said yeah? yeah?
G A Em A Em A
baby you don't have to go, yeah
G A Em A Em A
Jimmy Reed he told you so, yeah
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Em G C B
Well it's raining, squirrels, hedgehogs, pigs and moths
Em G C B
and I am in my bedroom worshiping fake gods
Em G C B
Gene Simmons tongue it keeps the world turning
Em G C B
you stalk my liver with a volcanic quiver, my pancreas is burning
A Em
David, you said I live my life like birthday cake
A B
every year another layer, every year a new mistake
Em A Em A Em A Em A
yeah, I said yeah, I said yeah, I said yayayayayeah oh
G A Em A Em A
baby you don't have to go, yeah, yeah
G A Em A Em A
ya know Jimmy Reed he told you so, yeah
Em G C B
Your swimming trunks, your cigarettes, your dusty Spanish castanets
Em G C B
your childish brothers childish threats, the (______?) microwave cooking.
Em G C B
It took you a month to learn my name now I wish you would forget it
Em G C B
all the stuff you said would mess up my head but don't worry I do not let it.
A Em
David you said, sometimes I feel like I lost a bet,
A B
when boys blow kisses at my (___? __? ________?), it burns my soul like a cigarette,
Em A Em A Em A Em A
oh yeah! I said yeah, I said yayayayayayayeaheyeahyeah
G A Em A Em A
baby you don't have to go, yeah, I said yeah
G A Em A Em A
ya know Jimmy Reed he told you so, yeah, yeah
G A Em A Em A
oh baby you don't have to go, no no no no no no no no no no no
G A Em A Em A
Jimmy Reed he told you so
Em A Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em
Em G C B A
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