[Intro] D  Em7  D4  D  G

[Primera Parte]

    D              Em7 D4 D
The days were wide open
                       Em
At the heart of all my joy
C                     Em
Boys were invincible lovers
     C               Em G
Just begging to be destroyed
        D         Em7  D4   D
They're up in the morning
                            Em
Regretfully sobbing and gone
   C                           Em
I'm bathed and going back to bed
         C                   Em G
This was never any cause for alarm

[Estribillo]

   D
It seems you have a choice to make
    A7(4)
The shell is white and yours to break
  A7(4)
Either way, it's just as well
                             Em        G
All I need's a promise I can keep to myself

( D  Em7  D4  D  G )

[Segunda Parte]

     D                Em7   D4   D
They leave with their lovers
  C                     Em
Oh, talk aloud in their sleep
C                 Em
Drifting off into dreaming
C                      Em      G
Never as quiet as they seem to be
  D          Em7     D4   D
I know those mornings
       C                    Em
Are as good as it ever can be
C                         Em
Feeling our hearts are beating
C                      Em G
Tenderly, two against three

[Estribillo]

   D      
It seems you have a choice to make
    A7(4)
The shell is white and yours to break
  A7(4)
Either way, it's just as well
                             Em7     G
All I need's a promise I can keep to myself

( D  Em7  D4  D  G )

[Final]

    D       Em7     D4   D
I'm nowhere near you
D                           Em
Nowhere near where I should be
C                      Em
Feeling our hearts are beating
C                     Em7  G
Tenderly, two against three