Take This Longing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Man[Bb]y men have loved the bells[F]
[Bb]You fastened to the [F]rein[Dm]
And everyone [Gm]who wanted you
[Dm]They found what they will
al[C]ways [Dm]want agai[C]n
[Em]Your beauty lost to you yourself[Am]
Just [Em]as it was lost to[Am] them

[Verse 2]
[F]Oh, take this longing from my [C]tongue
[F]Whatever useless things
these hands have [C]done
[F]Let me see your beauty broken [C]down[Em]
Like you would [F]do for one you love
[C]

[Verse 3]
[Bb]Your body like a searchlight[F]
[Bb]My poverty revealed
[F]I w[Dm]ould like to try your charity[Gm]
[Dm]Until you cry, "now [C]you [Dm]must try
my [C]greed"[Em]
And everything depend[Am]s upon
How [Em]near you sleep [Am]to me

[Verse 4]
Just [F]take this longing from my [C]tongue
[F]All the lonely things
my hands have [C]done
[F]Let me see your beauty broken [C]down[Em]
Like you would [F]do for one your love
[C]

[Verse 5]
[Bb]Hungry as an archway[F]
[Bb]Through which the troops have pass[F]ed
[Dm]I stand in ruins behind you[Gm]
[Dm]With your winter clothes,
[C]your bro[Dm]ken sandal str[C]aps[Em]
I love to see you naked
over [Am]there[Em]

[Verse 6]
Especially from the back
[Am]Oh, [F]take this longing from my to[C]ngue
[F]All the useless things my hands [C]have done
Un[F]tie for me your hired blue [C]gown[Em]
Like you [F]would do for one that you love
[C]

[Verse 7]
[Bb]You're faithful to the better man[F]
[Bb]I'm afraid that he l[F]eft
[Dm]So let me judge your love affa[Gm]ir
In this very [Dm]room where I have sen
[C]tenced [Dm]mine [C]to death[Em]
I'll even wear these old
laurel [Am]leaves
That he's [Em]shaken from his [Am]head

[Verse 8]
Just [F]take this longing from my [C]tongue
[F]All the useless things
my hands have [C]done
[F]Let me see your beauty broken [C]down[Em]
Like you [F]would do for one [Em]you [C]love
Like [Em]you would d[F]o for one you love