Shadows

C/G C/G G I went out looking for you, I tried the nightclubs and the bars, C/G C/G G I searched the alleyways, where lonely men will hide their cars, F F F The girls down at the motel, were too afraid to say, F C/G C/G Because we've got mouths to feed, bills to pay Am G F This kind of talk just drives the men away C/G C/G C/G I tried the station, for all the good that that would do, C/G C/G G It seems their laws don't work, for the likes of me and you, F F I showed your picture and I tried to explain but you know C/G C/G those dirty cops down town are all the fuckin' same Am G F You girls have only got yourselves to blame F We're just shadows, F C/G We're just shadows in the dark F We're just shadows, F C/G Lonely souls and broken hearts, C/G C/G G I was putting on my make up, whe the word came on the news, C/G C/G G There's a body in the resevoir, and I knew that it was you, F F F When they took you from the water, your hands and feet were tied C/G C/G C/G I wonder who you called out for just before you died Am G F I fixed myself up just so I could cry C/G C/G G You'd talk about eddie, he was getting out last may, C/G C/G G Always said hed come and get you, take all your pain away, F F I knew you loved him and you didn't care, C/G C/G C/G The fact he tried to k**l you once was neither here nor there, Am G F I wonder was it eddie who took you way out there F We're just shadows, F C/G We're just shadows in the dark F We're just shadows, F C/G Lonely souls and broken hearts, C/G C/G G I still have that picture, of us on new years eve, C/G C/G G You look so happy in your party dress, and i'm stretched across your knee, F F F We'd lightning in our eyes, for this year we'd be free, C/G C/G C/G I'd put down the needle, and you'd stop chasing speed, Am G F You'll never ever know how much that picture means to me F We're just shadows, F C/G We're just shadows in the dark