Pick A Place And Read

D G (2x) D G D G Well I said, "Take it or leave it," and she left it on the bedroom floor D G D G There was quiet in the corners, there was trouble in a bag behind the door D G D G And all the lies too oft repeated, they were seated in repose upon the porch D G D G And in the midst of all this clamor is the struggle to remember us before D G Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet D G Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be D G Sit down beside me, pick a place and read D G And I will hear you, and I will hear you Bm D G And on that day you took your turn, I sat with loneliness we learned D Bm Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk D And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear G D G And does insist that these things always end like this D G Like this D Whoaaaa D G D G This, like this D G Well we knew there would be trials D G We knew there would be falls D G And it was gonna take a while yet D G To start to see results D G Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet D G Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be D G Sit down beside me, pick a place and read D G And I will hear you, and I will hear you Bm D G And on that day you took your turn, I sat with longing as we learned D Bm Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk D And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear G D G And does insist that these things always end like this D G Like this D Whoaaaa G D G This, like this Bm D G D A (6x)