G                        C         G/B     D/A G
I arose and marigold lay down with curious iris
G                         C       G/B     D/A G
Cherry gave to victor her prudence and her virus
G                        C     G/B      D/A      G
For the sake of purity i can recall the time and place
G                         C        G/B    D/A        G
Between wisdom and murder she gave up her immaculate face


[Chorus]
   D                          G
My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games
     D
With false and lovely modesty
  Em
I can recall the names i'll miss
       C           D                 Em
In the particle of me that cares for this
    C                   D            G
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss

[Instrumental]
G C G/B D/A G G C G/B D/A G

[Verse 2]
G                                  C     G/B        D/A      G
Patience has her virtue still, but every grace must have its price
G                           C      G/B     D/A      G
I through some felicity may spin a tale of constant vice
G                            C          G/B    D/A      G
I took my better nature out, drowned it in the babbling stream
G                                C       G/B    D/A   G
Took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens


[Chorus]
   D                          G
My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games
     D
With false and lovely modesty
  Em
I can recall the names i'll miss
       C           D                 Em
In the particle of me that cares for this
    C                   D            G
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss

[Instrumental]
G C G/B D/A G G C G/B D/A G

[Verse 3]
G                                C       G/B    D/A   G
And if you still don't like my song then you can just go to hell
G                                C       G/B    D/A   G
I don't care if i'm right or wrong or if my typewriter can spell
G                                C       G/B    D/A   G
But i cannot promise you i've said "goodbye" to childish things
G                                C       G/B    D/A   G
There's still some pretty insults left and such sport in threatening


[Chorus]
   D                          G
My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games
     D
With false and lovely modesty
  Em
I can recall the names i'll miss
       C           D                 Em
In the particle of me that cares for this
    C                   D            G
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss

[Instrumental]
G C G/B D/A G

[Outro]
    Em
And for the sake of clarity
          Em
They are "faith", "hope", and "charity"
       C           D                 Em
In the particle of me that cares for this
     C                  D          G
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss
G C G/B D/A G
Until fade