An Animal In Your Care

E G#m Time after time you will forgive me G B Like an animal in your care E G#m But give it time. You will outlive me G B And take the bow back you put in my hair E G#m Made a parade of myself in the street outside your house G B For the New York photographer there E G#m I fell for crime and I fell for beauty G B I fell for you because you're the one that cared C G And when I die you can put on costumes Em Em In the style of the clothes I wore C G And sing the songs your lover taught you Em Em When you were too young to know that this was what they were for. C G Em Em (riff at bottom) La la la la. La la la lala. lalala C G Em E La la la la. La la la lala. lalala E G#m Like some dead relative, you will remember me most G B E by my funeral and all the beautiful toasts you made G#m G Take back the spade. We've both been filling up our days B like we were filling in a grave (piano/guitar riff at bottom) Bm Bm Bm Bm D D D D G G D D (repeat lots of times) Bm Bm Bm Bm-C# D D D D You let me hang, hang, hang around G D You put your ribbons in my- Bm Bm Bm Bm-C# D D D D hair It's in this language that I found. I am G D an animal in your Bm Bm Bm Bm-C# D D D D (chords played over riff) care G D G D animal in your ca-re Bm Bm Bm Bm-C# D D D D (chords played over riff) G D G D animal in your ca-re Bm Bm Bm Bm-C# D D D D (chords played over riff) G D G D animal in your ca-re G D G D Bm I am an animal in your care First riff C G Em Piano/guitar riff The piano plays this, or some variation on this The guitar plays one of these, or a slight variation