I Love You Like

Em Am I love you like a stranger who will never see your flaws Am Em I love you like the wager, I must win when all is lost Em Am I love you like the knife that cut through bone and sinew D B7 Em F# I love you like the scab, that’s the only proof of wound. G D I love you like the tears through which I’ve cried myself to sleep B7 Em I love you like my fears somewhere hidden deep I keep. Am7 B7 I love you like the consequence I know I must reap Em I love you like I love you like no one can but me. Em (4x) Am (4x) B7 (4x) Em (4x) Em Am I love you like the sailor who left home to tame the seas Am Em I love you like the writer naming things you cannot see Em Am I love you like the soldier bleeding by his flag he stood D B7 Em F# I love you like the carpenter carving beauty out of wood. G D I love you like the painter trying hard to frame the dawn B7 Em I love you like the sinner claiming he was but a pawn. Am7 B7 I love you like the saint who kept faith when all was gone Em I love you like I love you like you never ever saw. Em (4x) Am (4x) B7 (4x) Em (4x) Em Am I love you like the moment which once lived cannot come back Am Em I love you like that stolen glimpse that negates all that is lack Em Am I love you like the souvenir that’s worth more than it’s cost D B7 Em F# I love you like a memory you once thought was lost. G D I love you like the failures that haunt me in my dreams B7 Em I love you like the incompetence in the mirror that I see Am7 B7 I love you like the risk that suffocates that which could be Em I love you like I love you despite all that is me. Em (5x) Am (4x) B7 (3x) Em (2x)