Standard (EADGBE)

 Amsus2: x02200 (9): x05500 /: x0440x

 Am(9)/C: x35500 : x2440x

 Amsus2/: 302200 Amsus2/:102200

: x46600 : x24400

Intro

12 measures of Amsus2]

Solitude stands by the window

She turns her head as I walk in the room

 I can see by her eyes she's been waiting

Standing in the slant of the late afternoon

 And she turns to me with her hand extended

 Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

Instrumental

melody is cdeGABcd eGABcdeG ABcdeGAB etc.]

Instrumental

Solitude stands in the doorway

I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

By her long cool stare and her silence

I suddenly remember each time we've met

And she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

[12 bars of instrumental again]

And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear

And I say, "I never thought of finding you here"

And I turn to the crowd as they're watching

They're sitting all together in the dark and the warm

And I wanted to be in there among them

I see how their eyes are gathered into one

And she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

[12 bars of instrumental again]

And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear

And I say, "I never thought of finding you here"

Solitude stands in the doorway

I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

By her long cool stare and her silence

I suddenly remember each time we've met

And she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

[Fade out on repeated Am(9)/C & B5]