Marbles

Bm    C G
D D Aadd4 Dsus2

[Verse 1]
     Dsus4     D          Aadd4  
I've held your hand since 
    Dsus2
nineteen - seventy nine
         Dsus4                 D
You were in a band (still am), yeah,
 but back then
        Aadd4                   
You had hair and your smile was 
Dsus2
so sublime
      Bm                  C      
And I chipped my teeth on every 
G        D      D  Aadd4  Dsus2
joke you cracked
   Dsus4           D
You used to buy me scotch (still 
do), yeah
    Aadd4         Dsus2
But now too much is never enough
   Dsus4                D         
To take me back to that dance hall
               Aadd4
 where you got thrown out
         Dsus2
'Cause they thought you were drunk 
(I wasn't)
Bm                             C 
You couldn't lie then, and you 
                 G             D  
sure as hell can't lie to me now
D  Aadd4  Dsus2


[Pre-Chorus]
Bm            C          G      
You stole the best years of my 
           D     Aadd4    Dsus2
life (I'll give them back)
        G                  
You got fat, and you're the 
             C              G     
thigh-high hemline I just can't 
     Asus2 A   Asus4
stop sta - ring at

[Chorus]
       D                       C  
'Cause I will, I will wait and 
C/G
hope
     G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to 
weep
                         Aadd4
But a place for crows to rest their 
feet
    D                       C C/G
And I will, I will wait and hope
    G       N.C
And rest my head at night content
N.C
Knowing where my marbles went

[Post-Chorus]
D D Aadd4 Dsus2    x2

[Verse]
    Dsus4   D           Aadd4    
The flat we rented was a palace 
     Dsus2
for my queen
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      Dsus4                D
If by palace you mean that asbestos 
and beans
       Aadd4                   
From a tin, and the gin that we 
Dsus2
brewed in the bathtub
    Bm                      C     
She sang, "Do you think I'm sexy?"
        G                  D  D  
 and oh God, I really did
Aadd4  Dsus2

      Dsus4             D
You'd swoon, you'd sigh, working 
shifts 'til we cried
       Aadd4                
Oh, if one more guy calls me 
  Dsus2
"darling" then I
         Dsus4                 
Swear to you and to God, I will 
 D
murder them all
        Aadd4                   
All the bastards applaud when I 
Dsus2
show that I'm flawed
           Bm                      
You're not flawed, darling, you're 
       C      G                D  
just a little under-rehearsed
D  Aadd4  Dsus2

        Bm
And I'd get in
             C                     
And for some reason, you've painted
     G       D    D     Aadd4  Dsus2
 the kitchen lime green

[Pre-Chorus]
        Bm
And I'd sink to the floor, what's 
the point anymore?
    C
And you, you'd reply
       G
With a glint in your eye (With a 
drink in your hand)
         A
Saying, "I don't know, but I'm here

Oh, dear God (I'm all yours), dear 
heart, don't cry"

[Chorus]
       D                           
'Cause I will wait, I will wait and
 C  C/G
 hope
     G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to 
weep
                         Aadd4
But a place for crows to rest their 
feet
    D                           
And I will wait, I will wait and 
 C  C/G
hope
    G
And rest my head at night content
                 Aadd4
Knowing where my marbles went

[Post-Chorus]
D

[Verse 2]
Bm                    C       G
I've loved you for a hundred years
Dsus2  Aadd4  Dsus2
Certainly fucking feels like it
Bm                        C      
The minute I met you, the colours
       G             Dsus2
 of my life began to pour
Aadd4 Dsus2
(I'm scared of the dark)
    Bm                      C     
And now, even though you're mad 
        G              D
and these memories won't stay
Aadd4 Dsus2
That's okay
Bm                   C           
'Cause then I get to meet you for
     G                A      D
 the first time every single day

[Chorus]
D               C  C/G
I will wait and hope
     G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to 
weep
                         Aadd4
But a place for crows to rest their 
feet
    D               C  C/G
And I will wait and hope
    G
And rest my head at night content
                 Aadd4
Knowing where my marbles

[Other]
D
I will wait
C
And I will wait (I will wait)
G
And I will wait
Aadd4 D
And hope
D
And I will wait (I'll be waiting)
C
And I will wait
G
And I will wait
Aadd4 D
And hope (Ooh)