Tea and Sympathy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Fare thee well
[F]Tradin' all our word[Em]s for
tea and sym[G]pathy
[F]Wonder why [C]we tried,
[F]for things could nev[Em]er be
Play [A]our hearts' lament like [Em]an unrehearsed
sym[D]phony
[Csus2]

[Verse 2]
[C][Csus2]
Not in[G]tend
To [F]leave this castle [Em]full
of empty [G]rooms
Our love the cap[F]tive in the
tower nev[G]er res[Em]cued
And all [A]our victory songs [Em]seem to be play
[D]ing out of tun[Csus2]e[D]

[Verse 3]
'Cause it's not the [Bm]way
that it has to [F#m]be
Don't trade our [G]love for tea and sympathy,
[D]no
And it's not the [Bm]way that
it has to be
[Am]

[Verse 4]
[Em]
You be[A]gin
All your word[G]s fall to the [D]floor
and break like chin[A]a cups
And a [G]waitress grabs a broom
and tries [F#m]to sweep them up
I [B]reach for my tea,
[F#m]slowly [E]dri[D]nk in

[Verse 5]
'Cause it's not the [Bm]way
that it has to [F#m]be
Don't trade our [G]love for tea and sympathy,
[D]no
And it's not the [Bm]way
that it has to [Am]be
Don't [G]trade our love for tea
and [D]sympathy[C]
[Csus2](Don't[C][Gm][Bb][Gm][Csus2]
[C]trade, yeah)
(Don't trade)
(Don't trade)
(Don't trade,
[D][Csus2][Bb][Gm][Bb][Gm]
[Bb]ah)

[Verse 6]
Fare [G]thee well
The [F]words,
the bag [Em]of leaves that fill my [G]head
I could [F]taste the bitterness and call
[Em]the waitress instead
[A]'Cause she holds the answer,
[Em]smiles and asks one [D]teaspoon or two
[C]

[Verse 7]
[D]
'Cause it's not the [Bm]way
that it has to [F#m]be
Don't trade our [G]love for tea and sympathy,
[D]no
And it's not the [Bm]way
that it has to [Am]be
Don't [G]trade our love for
tea and sympath[D]y

[Verse 8]
And it's not the [Bm]way that
it has to [F#m]be
Don't trade our [G]love for tea
and sympathy, no
[D]'Cause it's not the [Bm]way
that it has to [Am]be
Don't [G]trade our love for tea and sympath
[D]y
[Csus2][Gm]

[Verse 9]
[Asus4][A]
Don't trade [D]us for tea and
sympathy
(Don't trade [Csus2]us for
tea and sympathy)
Don't trade [Bb]us for tea and s[Gm]ympathy
[Asus4]We can work i[A]t out
[D]Don't trade us for tea and
sympathy
(Don't trade [Csus2]us for
tea and sympathy)
Don't trade [Gm]us for tea and sympathy
[Asus4]We can work i[A]t out[D]
[C][Bb][Gm]
[Asus4](Yeah, oh)
We can [A]work it [D]out