====== A Stone ======

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Hot [G]breath, rough skin, warm [C]laughs and smiling,
the loveliest [Em]words whispered and [D]meant --
you like [C]all these things.
But, though you like [D]all these things, you love a [G]stone.
You love a[C] stone, because it's [D]smooth and it's [Am]cold.
And you'd love [Em]most to be [D]told that it's all your [C]own.

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You love white [G]veins, you love hard [D]grey,
the heaviest [Am]weight, the clumsiest [C]shape,
the earthiest [Em]smell, the hollowest [D]tone --
you love a [C]stone.
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[G] [D] [Am] [C]

And I'm found too [G]fast, called too fond of flames,
and then I'm phoning my [C]friends, and then I'm shouldering the blame,
while you're picking [Em]pebbles out of the [D]drain, miles [C]ago.
You're out singing [G]songs, and I'm down shouting names
at the flickerless [C]screen, going fucking insane.
Am I losing my [Em]cool, overstating my[D] case?
Well, baby, what [C]can I say? You know I [D]never claimed
that I was a [G]stone. And you love a [C]stone.

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[G] [D] [Am] [C]
[G] [D] [Am] [C]

[G]
You love a [C]stone, because it's [D]dark, and it's [Am]old,
and if it could [Em]start being [D]alive you'd stop living [C]alone.
And I think I [G]believe that, if stones could [D]dream,
they'd dream of being [Am]laid side-by-side, piece-by-[C]piece,
and turned into a [Em]castle for some towering [D]queen they're unable to [C]know.

>And when that queen's [G]daughter came of [D]age,
>I think she'd be [Am]lovely and stubborn and [C]brave,
>and suitors would [Em]journey from kingdoms [D]away
>just to make themselves [C]known.

>And I think that I [G]know the bitter dis[D]may
>of a lover who [Am]brought fresh bouquets every [C]day
>when she turned him [Em]away to remember some [D]knave
>who oncegave just one [C]rose, one day, years [G]ago.

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[G] [D] [Am] [C]
[G] [D] [Am] [C]
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