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Bm Em C G Suddenly last summerBm Em C G I started going out of my headBm Em C G In a tiny hotel roomBm Em C G Lying naked on a bedBm Em C G I knew what you were doing, and I knew what you'd doneBm Em C G Your life with me was ending, your new life had begunBm Em C G But I was cursing your nameBm Em C G and I was cursing that roomBm Em C G And I was praying for the strengthBm Em C G to stop loving youD5 C5 D5 C5D5 C5 D5 C5 [Verse 2]Bm Em I started writing you the letterC G Which turned into the bookBm Em I was gonna reach across the oceansC G And force you to lookBm Em C G But what kind of man was I?Bm Em C G Who would sacrifice your happiness to satisfy his prideBm Em C G What kind of man was I? Bm Em C HContinues after the adWho would delay your destiny to appease his tiny mindD5 C5 D5 C5D5 C5 D5 C5 [Verse 3]Bm Em C G Then you came back to me and I went down on one kneeBm Em C G With a glint in my eyes and a rose between my teethBm Em C G And I pushed out my tongue for you to seeBm Em C G That I'd been dying of a thirst for your companyBm Em C G Then you quenched my loneliness with your tearsBm Em C G And our clothes fell away as we rolled back the yearsBm Em C G But we couldn't deny itBm Em C G because we could not admit itBm Em C G If our love was too strong to dieBm Em C G Or we were just too weak to kill itBm Em C G Was our love too strong to die?Bm Em C G Or were we just too weak to kill it?D5 C5 Bb5 C5D5 C5 Bb5 C5 [Bridge]D5 Every moment in that roomC5 D5 C5 I closed my eyes in prayerD5 Every moment I awokeC5 D5 C5 I clenched my teeth in prayerD5 C5 What kind of man was I?D5 C5 Who would sacrify your happiness to satisfy his prideD5 C5 What kind of man was I?D5 C5 Who would delay your destiny to appease his tiny mindD5 C5 What kind of man was I?D5 C5 D5 C5 Who could delay your destiny to appease his aching swollen prideD5 C5 D5 C5 Who could delay your destiny to appease his screaming little mindD5 C5 D5 C5D5 C5 D5 C5 [Other]D5 C5 You're mineD5 C5 You're mineD5 C5 You're mineD5 C5 You're mineD5 C5 You're mineD5 C5D5 You're mine