Standard (EADGBE)

She's the angel on top of the tree

Sugar-heart here she comes, she's going to fall on me

Innocence was our fire, we told the truth

I miss the sweet boys in the summer of their youth

Chorus

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...

Verse 2

They will make you so, so cynical

The fire burns the flesh, destroys the best in me that's old

She's the grace of this world, she's too pure

For the likes of this world, this world is a whore

Chorus

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...

Bridge

Ah, it's all mine

Hey, it's all mine and

Help, it's all mine, I

Never knew what I could be

All the darling buds of May, they fall with no sound

They carry you down, they carry you down

 ..ooooooo....ooooooo..

Verse 3

All the lilies bloomed and blossomed, wilted and they're shivering

I can't stop their withering, oh this world is a war

Chorus

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...

Chorus

Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth

Tear the petals off of you...