(For all the folks from ultimate-guitar-land: This is his official website: http://www.thelilactime.com/ I hope that complies with your requirements) This is from the album "Keep Going" an absolute brilliant song if you ask me (which for some reason, no one ever does). I'm surprised to see there aren't any other songs here by Stephen Duffy. So here are the chords for this one, "An Open Book", enjoy it. C We walked across the fields Am Through coarse December rain Em G I knew but could not say C That I?d lost our love again Am It will come in waves you said In tides it will return Em G The winter moon took it away F It?s another beaches turn F C You think that life's an open book G Filled with pictures that you took Bb Am You close the book the story ends F And it was so hard to make friends C You close the book the story stops G Sometimes you stay down from the knocks Am You can't always come out on top C I walked across the hillside Am I looked out on the view Em G It could've been a TV show C If I?d had a bigger crew Am I see my life reflected In pearls shed by your eyes Em G I wish for pearls of wisdom F Not just tears and long goodbyes F C You think that life's an open book G Filled with pictures that you took Bb Am You close the book the story ends F And it was so hard to make friends C You close the book the story stops G Sometimes you stay down from the knocks Am You can't always come out on top Dm And when I wrote this song C I was on the run Em In a gold rush town Am Dm You didn?t think it was that good C Am7 Even though you understood F C That life will be an open book G Filled with pictures that you took Bb Am You close the book the story ends F And it was so hard to make friends C You close the book the story stops G Sometimes you stay down from the knocks Am You can't always come out on top F C You think that life's an open book G Filled with pictures that you took Bb Am You close the book the story ends F And it was so hard to make friends C You close the book the story stops G Sometimes you stay down from the knocks Am You can't always come out on top