Dont Be Careless Love

 A        E         A          
 Burn the midnight lamp down 
D/E      A7
until the dawn
 Bm                F#7        
 I'll keep watch until I'm sure 
                 Bm  Esus  E
you're coming home
 A                E            
 Shadows play and flicker on the 
           A
bedroom wall
      A7                   
 They turn into a bad dream 
 Bm
overnight
 F#7                           Bm
 Something could be terribly wrong

E|----Chor| us: 1 

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 Don't be careless love
                   Don't
    G        F#m
 be careless love
 C#m                         G#m
 Don't be, don't be careless love
                                   G
 In my dream you're running nowhere
 Every step you've taken turns to 
  F#m
glue
                       C#m
 Walking down a spiral staircase

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 Falling through, falling through
 D        G         D       C   
 Don't be careless love, be 
     Bm  E
careless love

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 The lamp burns down and out
                    D/E        A7
 I'm getting pretty tired of this
    Bm          F#7               
 I feel so bad, something might be
         Bm  Esus  E
 going amiss
   A                  E           
 I won't be there, so look out for
      A
 yourself
        A7                   Bm
 You're getting in deep whate__ver 
you do
       F#7                 Bm
 Don't let me go back to sleep

E|----Chor| us: 2 

 E                 G#m
 Don't be careless love
                   Don't
    G        F#m
 be careless love
 C#m                         G#m
 Don't be, don't be careless love
                                   G
 Saw your face in the morning paper
                               F#m
 Saw your body rolled up in a rug
 Chopped up into two little pieces 
C#m
by some thug
 D        G         D       C   
 Don't be careless love, be 
     Bm  E
careless love

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 But in the morning light, when I
      D/E  A7
 wake up again
        Bm             F#7        
 You're by my side and that's the 
                 Bm  Esus  E
way it's always been
     A                E        
 But in the dark your mind plays 
                   A
funny tricks on you
      E                           A
 Your mind plays funny tricks on you
      E                           
 Your mind plays funny tricks on 
G#m
you
                                 
Don't
    G        F#m  F  Dm  A
 be careless love