Bm A G
I wrote a thousand verses
G A Bm
Each one about doctors and nurses
Bm A G
On paper napkins in diners
G A Bm A
And wrote the titles on matchsticks
G
Tucked them in the left breast pocket
F#m
Of a tattered silk check shirt
Em D
And threw the shirt away
G
Into the shadow in the corner
F#m
Of a northern Spanish bar
Em
Without brass in the backline
D
But shutters on the doors
F#m
And twenty, thirty people
Em
In clusters on the floor
G D
Looking anywhere but at each other
F#m Em
Between the runners of a busted wooden pier
G D
Before the beers with Tracy on the bottle
[Chorus 1]
Bm A G
And I thought of you at the airport
G A Bm
And I was still thinking of you on the plane
Bm A
And when the police took my passport
G
And wrote down my name
G A Bm
I thought of you again
[Verse 2]
Bm A G
I was doing press-ups in the hotel lobby
G A Bm
The lobby with me was unimpressed
Bm A G
I managed five but I was barely alive
G A Bm
When I rolled over to rest
G
And I thought of all your illnesses
F#m
And your incredible strength
Em D
And I guess that it meant that I missed you
G F#m
And I though of all the little things that always made you tense
Em D
And I wished I was able to tell you that
F#m Em
I'd have learnt a thousand tricks to make them disappear
G D
With whispers in the ear and kisses
F#m Em
And I though about your lips, your mouth, your smile, your laugh, your lips
G D
Your lips, your mouth, your smile, your laugh, your lips
[Chorus 2]
Bm A G
And I though of you in Sweden
G A Bm
Like I'd been thinking of you all over Spain
Bm A G
And when the pissed up student girls teased me with the sound of my own name
G A Bm
I thought of you again
[Outro]
Bm A G
G A Bm
Bm A G
G A Bm
