VERSE 1:
I can [E] hear the soft [C#m] breathing of the [A] girl that I [G#m] love
As she [E] lies here be-[F#m]-side me a-[B]-sleep with the night
And her [E] hair in a [C#m] fine mist [A] floats on my [G#m] pillow
Re-[E]-flecting the [F#m] glow of the [A] win-[B]-ter moon-[E]-light [F#m][E]
VERSE 2:
She is [E] soft she is [C#m] warm but my [A] heart remains [G#m] heavy
As I [E] watch as her [F#m] breasts gently [B] rise, gently fall
For I [E] know with the [C#m] first light of [A] dawn I'll be [G#m] leaving
And [E] tonight will be [F#m] all I have [A] left [B] to re-[E]-call [F#m][E]
VERSE 3:
Oh [E] what have I [C#m] done, [A] why have I [G#m] done it
I've [E] committed a [F#m] crime, [B] broken the law
For [E] twenty five [C#m] dollars and [A] pieces of [G#m] silver
I [E] held up and [F#m] robbed a [A] hard [B] liquor [E] store [F#m][E]
VERSE 4:
My [E] life seems un-[C#m]-real, my [A] crime an [G#m] illusion
A [E] scene badly [F#m] written in [B] which I must play
And I [E] know as I [C#m] gaze at my [A] young love be-[G#m]-side me
The [E] morning is [F#m] just a few [A] hou-[B]-rs a-[E]-way [F#m][E open]
