C C/B Am C  F   G   2X

[Verse 1]
C       C/B        Am     C        F        G
Late, a hand on my shoulder…  does shake    me…….
  C       C/B       Am       C          F     G
Late, the woman who loves me…. She does wake….me…….
Dm            G              C         C/B    Am   C
Dark, in her nightgown…. She searches into my eyes…….
F                C               G
And she lays her hand down on my side…

[Verse 2]
          C       C/B         Am     C         F    G
She said, Dear, I want you to tell me…. you forgive me……
  C      C/B          Am    C       F   G
I know tonight at the party…. I was too free
 C           D                G          C
Dark, in her nightgown, she's easy to forgive
    G         C                 G
She knows she owns me while she lives

[Verse 3]
        C      C/B          Am   C     F     G
I said, Dear I think of the party as a great blur
  C          C/B           Am  C       F    G
Although I'm sure you were sexy, you always were
C             D                 G       C
Dark, in your nightgown, you're easy to forgive
    G        C                G
You know you own me while you live
    C                G
You own me while you live
    C                B
You own me while you live

[Chorus 1]
C                 D               G
When she lays her hand down on my side
                  C                     Am
And the eyes that thrill me lay down in mine
                     D                    G
Then I'm open to the whims of a beautiful child

[Chorus 2]
C                  D               G
When you lay your hand down on my side
                 C                     Am
And my veins are filled with a bracing wine
C                D                      G
Then we lay in a stained glass colorful light
             C                G
You know you own me while you live
             C                G
You know you own me while you live
             C                B
You know you own me while you live