Easiest with a capo on 1st fret
Intro
C5 C5
e------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G---5------------------5-------------|
D---5------------------5-------------| X2
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-1-----|
E-1------------------1-----------5-5-|
F
e----------1--|
B----------1--|
G----------2--|
D----------3--|
A-1---1-3--3--|
E---5------1--|
F
The lady is dying
F
She bends back like a wave
F
As her spirit is climbing
D#5
Through the hospital wall and away
1st Interlude
C5
e------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G--------------------5---------------|
D--------------------5---------------|
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-5-5-5-3-5-3---|
E------------------1-----------------|
C5 C5 F
e---------------------------------------------1-|
B---------------------------------------------1-|
G---5------------------5----------------------2-|
D---5------------------5----------------------3-|
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-1-----1---1-3--3-|
E-1------------------1-----------5-5---5------1-|
F
And I wanted to hold you
F
As you made your escape
F
But now I should have told you
D#5
When your eyes were alive and awake
F
Always in life we all must make this mistake
G# F
And so I go it alone
G# F
And the pressure is great
G# F
I hold on to my own
D#5
Oh please oh don't go away
2nd Interlude
C5
e------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G--------------------5---------------|
D--------------------5---------------|
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-5-5-5-3-5-3---|
E------------------1-----------------|
C5 Bb5 F
e------------------------------------------------1-|
B------------------------------------------------1-|
G---5---------------3----------------------------2-|
D---5---------------3----------------------------3-|
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1---1h3-3-3/1---1------------3-|
E-1-------------------5-----------5---5-3h5-3-1--1-|
F
I wanted to know you
F
Before you started to fade
F
But I gave everything to
D#5
A lie and a farce and a fake
F
Always in life we all must make this mistake
G# F
And so I go it alone
G# F
And the pressure is great
G# F
I hold on to my own
D#5
Oh please oh don't go away
F
I'd like to see you when all of these angry days blow away