A History Of Lovers - Iron & Wine Chords
Chords: C, F, G
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Genre: folk, indie, singer-songwriter
[Verse 1]
C F
Louise only got from me innocent poetry
C G
Although she played to not listen
C F
But still I can hear myself speak as if no one else
C G C
Ever could offer the same
[Verse 2]
C F
Some say she knowingly tastes like a recipe
C G
Although so foolish and willing
C F
I said Babe I can picture you bend as if wanting to
C G C
Bow as the curtain went down
[Chorus]
F C
Coddle some men, they'll remember you bitterly
F G
Fuck 'em, they'll come back for more
F C
I asked my Louise would she leave and so cripple me
F G
Then came a knock at the door
[Verse 3]
C F
“I came for my woman,” he came with a razor blade
C G
Bound like us all for the ocean
C F
I hope that she's happy I'm blamed for the death of
C G C
The man who would take her from me
[Verse 4]
C F
Some they saw in me innocent poetry
C G
Some, say they'll never be certain
C F
But still it's been written, a history of lovers
C G C
Given and taken in ink
[Chorus]
F C
Coddle some men, they'll remember you fittingly
F G
Cut ‘em, they'll come back for more
F C
I asked my Louise would she leave and so cripple me
F G
Then came the knock at the door
[Verse 5]
C F
Louise came to rescue me; listen, the irony:
C G
Blood made her heart change its beating
C F
I hope that she's happy I'm blamed for the death of
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