The Albatross

	  		
Verse 1:
Bm       D 
Wise man once said 
  G7M            A 
"Wild winds are death to the candle" 
   Bm      D   G7M   A 
A rose by any other name is a scandal 
Bm       D       G7M 
Cautions issued, he stood 
A 
Shooting the messengers 
Bm            A         G7M      D 
They tried to warn him about her 



D           A 
Cross your thoughtless heart 
Bm    G7M 
Only liquor anoints you 
D          A 
She's the albatross 
Bm      G7M 
She is here to destroy you 


Verse 2:
Bm       D 
Wise man once said 
  G7M     A 
"One bad seed kills the garden" 
 Bm       D          G7M      A 
"One less temptress, one less dagger 
To sharpen" 
Bm        D     G7M 
Locked me up in towers 
         A 
But I'd visit in your dreams 
Bm                 D          G7M    A 
And they tried to warn you about me 


D           A 
Cross your thoughtless heart 
Bm    G7M 
Only liquor anoints you 
D          A 
She's the albatross 
Bm      G7M 
She is here to destroy you 
D       A 
Devils that you know 
Bm           G7M 
Raise worse hell than a stranger 
D          A 
She's the death you chose 
Bm         G7M 
You're in terrible danger 


Bridge:
Em G7M             D         A     Em 
    And when that sky rains fire on 
You 
G7M            D        A 
And you're persona non grata 
Em G7M             D        A 
    I'll tell you how I've been there 
Em 
Too 
G7M       D          A 
And that none of it matters 


Bm       D         G7M 
Wise men once read fake news 
A 
And they believed it 
Bm      D            G7M 
Jackals raised their hackles 
     A 
You couldn't conceive it 
Bm       D        G7M 
You were sleeping soundly when they 
A                     Bm 
Dragged you from your bed 
                D           G7M   A 
And I tried to warn you about them 

D     A 
So I crossed my thoughtless heart 
Bm         G7M 
Spread my wings like a parachute 
D        A 
I'm the albatross 
Bm       G7M 
I swept in at the rescue 
D          A 
The devil that you know 
Bm         G7M 
Looks now more like an angel 
D        A 
I'm the life you chose 
Bm            G7M          D   A 
And all this terrible danger 
Bm    G7M          D   A 
This terrible danger 
D              A             Bm   G 
So cross your thoughtless heart 
D          A 
She's the albatross 
Bm      G7M 
She is here to destroy you