The Lament Of A Regretful Ghost

2x A E C#m D A E C#m D Where'd you get the tear? You said you didn't know A E C#m D Where'd you get the scar? She told me not to ask A E C#m D I knew her as a child, she giggled like a bell A E C#m D If you asked her she could cry, now she doesn't have to try C#m D She doesn't have to try A E C#m D Paper on the wall, pattern's very bold A E C#m D Flowers of all kinds, you chase it with your eyes C#m D C#m D 2x A E C#m D Chase it with your eyes, chase it with your eyes A E C#m D Listen to a tape, a mood you couldn't shake A E C#m D Flicker of a flame, the ripples on her leg A E C#m D Pattern in the cloth, butterflies and moths A E C#m D Faded very pale, you trace it with your nail C#m D C#m D C#m D Trace it with your nail, trace it with your nail, trace it with your nail Bm E A D Take all the terrible things I've done back again C#m D C#m D C#m D C#m D Meet me at the gate, maybe in a year, where we always met, I hold it very dear A E C#m D A E C#m D Bird in the house, better let it out A E C#m D Because if you don't, death is very close A E C#m D If it is a bee, it's lucky if it leaves A E C#m D If the bee stays, a stranger's on his way C#m D C#m D C#m D A stranger's on his way, a stranger's on his way, a stranger's on his way Bm E A D Leave like a thief in the night, never say your depart C#m D C#m D C#m D C#m D I knew her as a child, I knew her as a child, I knew her as a child, I knew her as a child Bm E A D Take all the terrible things I've done back again C#m D C#m D Keep a little dirt, from somewhere that he walked, C#m D C#m D If you keep it close, he'll never let you go