Veda 1 Pierce Dr

| Gb | Gb/F | Ab/Eb | Ebm | | Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Fm | Eb | | Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Ab/Eb | Eb | | Gm | Bbm | Gb | Gb | |Gb | Gb/F | Ab/Eb | Ebm | Take my blood and take my marrow, | Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Fm | Eb | Scrape the meal from my bone, | Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Ab/Eb | Eb | Pierce my heart if you please, with your arrow, | Gm | Bbm | Gb | Gb | But Veda, my darling, come home. | Ebm | Bbm | Ab | Gb | Darling child, for you I labor, | C7 | Fm | Cm | G | Grease and glass in my skin, | Ebm7 | Bbm7/F | Abm | Eb | Though you sneer, and crack wise I won't waver, but | A | Db/F | Ab | Db | Veda, my darling, come in, come in. | Fm | Ab | Eb | Sweet thing, let me dress you for bed, | Bbm | Gb Now slip that gown off your head, | Db | Ab | Ebm | I'll kiss you one thousand times, my angel. | B | Gm | A Close your eyes, and my savage mind | Dm/A | Gm | Bb/F Will fashion a day when you'd be tender, | F | Fm When you'd be kind. For you see the | Ebm | Bbm | Ab | Gb | Star beneath which you were delivered | C7 | Fm | Cm | G | Gave you cold-hearted pride, | Ebm7 | B Bbm7/F | Abm | Eb | You look down on your mother who loves you; | A | Db/F | Ab | Db | You take without grace - though it smarts - I don't mind. | Gb | Gb/F | Ab/Eb | Ebm | | Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Fm | Eb | | Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Ab/Eb | Eb | | Gm | Bbm | Gb | Gb | |Fm | Ab | Eb If your lover has done you wrong, you |Bbm | Gb Slipped as you gripped his gun | Db | Ab | Ebm And found yourself o'er his lifeless body. | B | Gm | A Child, I'd rush to turn myself in and | Dm/A | Ebmaj7 Claim that it was my sin, | Bb/F |F | Fm To spare you. Yes, for darling | Ebm | Bbm | Ab | Gb | In this town of light and shadow | C7 | Fm | Cm | G | Dreams become crooked and low, | Ebm7 | Bbm7 | Abm | Eb | If I've lost my way it was only to please you, | A | Db/F | Ab | Db | But Veda, my darling, you already know.