Standard (EADGBE)
Verse
Pre Chorus:
Chorus
(you can get away with playing A7 and D7 as an open chords here, but use barre chords
everything else)
Bridge
G,Cm (Cmaj on the last line)
The chords in the last line of the song change to:
I can give you anything but love
You put your love upon me
Though I was but poor
We lived a twisted little fairy story
Up on the 5th Floor
I said you can have my love for a song all right
But dont hold it up to the light
Oh loveless
My loveless love
I cant give you anything but love
(Love for loves own sake)
Its like a message from above
(All the love we make)
Watch out for those foreign girls
(They never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(Well leave all lifes pretence)
Dont you walk down lonely streets
Under darkened skies
Come on up with me to my lonely retreat
I will sing you lullabies
We string it up and string it along
And listen to those old time songs
And make believe
that they were written for you and me
I can give you anything but love
(Love for loves own sake)
Its like a message from above
(All the love we make)
Watch out for those foreign girls
(They never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(Well leave all lifes pretence)
If you still love me
By morning
Oh youll find me waiting in the garden
By the cherry blossom tree
Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes
Come to me in pirouettes
My darling
Save all your love for me
I cant give you anything but love
(Love for loves own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
You watch out for those modern girls
(Who never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(In a world of innocence)
I will sing you lullabies in all your dreams
(If you tell me that you will)
Ive seen those dirty magazines
(And I got my cheap thrills)
I cant give you anything but love
Was that that sweet old song
That you sung when I held you in my arms
I can give you anything but love
I can give you anything but love