🎶 The Albatross

[Bb]Wise men [Db]once said
[A#]"Wild winds are [Em]death to the candle"
[Bb]A rose by [Db]any [A#]other name [Em]is a scandal
[Bb]Cautions [Db]issued, [A#]he stood
[Db]Shooting the messengers
[Bb]They tried to [Db]warn him about[A#] her[Em]

[A#]Cross your [Db]thoughtless heart
[Bb]Only [Em]liquor anoints you
[A#]She's the [Db]albatross
[Bb]She is here to [Em]destroy you

[Bb]Wise men [Db]once said
"[A#]One bad seed [Em]kills the garden"
"[Bb]One less [Db]temptress
[A#]One less [Em]dagger to sharpen"
[Bb]Locked me [Db]up in [A#]towers
[Em]But I'd visit in your dreams
[Bb]And they tried to [Db]warn you [A#]about [Em]me

[A#]Cross your [Db]thoughtless heart
[Bb]Only liquor [Em]anoints you
[A#]She's the [Db]albatross
[Bb]She is here [Em]to destroy you
[A#]Devils that [Db]you know
[Bb]Raise worse [Em]hell than a stranger
[A#]She's the [Db]death you chose
[Bb]You're in [Em]terrible danger

And when that [A#]sky rains[Db] fire on [Bb]you[Em]
And [A#]you're persona [Db]non grata[Bb] [Em]
I'll [A#]tell you how I've [Db]been there [Bb]too[Em]
And [A#]that none of it [Db]matters[Bb] [Em]


[Bb]Wise men [Db]once read [A#]fake news
[Em]And they believed it
[Bb]Jackals [Db]raised their[A#] hackles
[Em]You couldn't conceive it
[Bb]You were [Db]sleeping [A#]soundly
[Em]When they dragged you from your bed
[Bb]And I tried to [Db]warn you about [A#]them[Em]

So I [A#]crossed my [Db]thoughtless heart
[Bb]Spread my wings [Em]like a parachute
[A#]I'm the [Db]albatross
[Bb]I swept in [Em]at the rescue
[A#]The devil that[Db] you know
[Bb]Looks now more [Em]like an angel
[A#]I'm the [Db]life you chose
And [Bb]all this [Em]terrible danger

So [A#]cross your [Db]thoughtless heart
[Bb]She's the [Em]albatross
[A#]She is here to [Db]destroy you
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