Ash Wednesday

D G D G D G D G There once was a man who thought love was warm D A Hell, stop me if you've heard this story before D G He had a purple heart, but who's keeping score D A There's a lot of purple hearts in the purple heart store G A He was a commandant, now he's a penitent D G D A On Ash Wednesday D G There once was a woman, a pretty young thing D A She sold her soul for a diamond ring D G She heard about love in a magazine D A Saw it every Friday night on a movie screen G A She was a debutante, now she's a penitent D G D A On Ash Wednesday D A They're both love sick, they're love tired D G They strayed a little close to the edge of the fire D A Their hands got burned and their eyebrows singed D G They're walking down the streets of oblivion D A They got holes in their pockets, holes in their minds D G They're holy people in an unholy time Bm A Heading for the church at the end of the line G A Bm Ash Wednesday F#m Em See them hanging out in every lonely place They'll tell you love can't hurt them now G A But they've got ashes on their face D A D G Bm A G A Bm F#m Em See them hanging out in every lonely place They'll tell you love can't hurt them now G A But they've got ashes on their face D A We're all love sick, we're love tired D G We strayed a little close to the edge of the fire D A Our hands got burned and our eyebrows singed D G We're walking down the streets of oblivion D A We got holes in our pockets, holes in our minds D G We're holy people in an unholy time Bm A Heading for the church at the end of the line G Ash Wednesday D Yeah, Ash Wednesday