Substitute

Am


[Verse 1]
     Am                            
The first girl that I fell for was 
   D
a fair and faithful fighter
     G                             
She smouldered with a will to save 
        Am
the world
   Am                            
I did my best to help her, yeah I 
  D
stood shoulder to shoulder
        G                          
On the front lines with my 
     Am
visionary girl
   Dm
I wish that she had cared for me
            G7
But in the end her ideologies
 C            G/B             Am
Occupied the fortress of her heart
            Dm                     
I wrote her 15 songs, but still we 
           G
had to part


[Chorus]
        F             Fm6
And if music was the food of love
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         C     G/B   Am
Then I'd be a fat romantic slob
      F               F/G         
Well music, it's my substitute for
   C
 love


[Verse 2]
     Am                            
The last girl that I loved she was 
   D
a low and lusty liar
     G                             
She set my heart on fire, but made 
      Am
me choke
     Am                            
Her beauty was a sight to see, but 
         D
she didn't save it all for me
         G                         
I found other fires by following 
   Am
the smoke

   Dm                              
I wish that she had either cared 
  G7
for me or let be me
         C              G/B       
But she chased me from mind and 
       Am
from my home
             Dm                    
I wrote her 16 songs, but I ended 
    G
up alone


[Chorus]
        F              Fm6
And if love is really all that we 
need
      C            G/B       Am
Then even all my singing is never 
gonna save me
  F             F/G            C
Music it's my substitute for love


[Middle 8]
               Am             C/G 
Well I've had many different girls
             F    C
 inside my bed
     Am          G             F
But only one or two inside my head
               Dm            C    
These days I cuddle up to my 
    G
guitar instead


[Quiet  Chorus]
     F                Fm6         
But oh, what I would give, not to 
  C             G/B            Am
stumble but to really fall in love
              F                  
And I could substitute my singing 
          G                      
for the sound of someone sleeping 
          C
next to me