Standard (EADGBE)

 Time after time you will forgive me

 Like an animal in your care

 But give it time. You will outlive me

 And take the bow back you put in my hair

 Made a parade of myself in the street outside your house

 For the New York photographer there

 I fell for crime and I fell for beauty

 I fell for you because you're the one that cared

 And when I die you can put on costumes

 In the style of the clothes I wore

 And sing the songs your lover taught you

 When you were too young to know that this was what they were for.

 La la la la. La la la lala. lalala

 La la la la. La la la lala. lalala

 Like some dead relative, you will remember me most

 by my funeral and all the beautiful toasts you made

 Take back the spade. We've both been filling up our days

 like we were filling in a grave

(piano/guitar riff at bottom)

You let me hang, hang, hang around

You put your ribbons in my-

hair It's in this language that I found. I am

 an animal in your

care

animal in your ca-re

animal in your ca-re

animal in your ca-re

 I am an animal in your care

Piano/guitar riff

The piano plays this, or some variation on this

The guitar plays one of these, or a slight variation