Capo 5th fret C C G Bb Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy F Wounded in the line of duty Dm C Gm Parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties Bb F Cm Urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles Bb Dm Leave it all and like a man Bb Dm Come back to nothing special Am Such as waiting rooms and ticket lines Dm Am Silver bullet suicides Dm Am And messianic ocean tides Dm Am And racial roller-coaster rides Bb A (bass) And other forms of boredom advertised as poetry Bm D I know you need your sleep now A I know your life's been hard Bm D But many men are falling A Where you promised to stand guard C G Bb I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor F But then I overheard your prayer Dm That you be this and nothing more C Gm Bb Than just some grateful faithful woman's favourite singing millionaire F Cm Bb Dm The patron Saint of envy and the grocer of despair E A (bass) Working for the Yankee Dollar Bm D I know you need your sleep now A I know your life's been hard Bm D But many men are falling A Where you promised to stand guard C G Bb Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are F Dm And be your sweetest self awhile until I ask for more, my child C Gm Bb Then let the other selves be wrong, yeah, let them manifest and come F Cm Till every taste is on the tongue Bb Dm Till love is pierced and love is hung Bb Dm And every kind of freedom done, then Am F Am F Am F Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love Am F Am F Am F Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love