F# F#m F# F#m (First Verse:)
F# Drawing back the curtains,
sluggish city daylight in the afternoon... F#m
F# Here's that special silence,
just before you walk out of the hotel room. F#m
Each time we're so A close I assume C#
that we'll never be F#m again - C#
A E F#5 (no chord)
oh, how long must we pretend
(Second Verse - same chords)
A casual affair is all that you can spare
from your emotional change;
A calendar of meetings,
strangers on the street
the best we ever arrange.
Now I just can't stand all the pain,
all the constant make and mend;
oh how long must we pretend
that we're just good friends?
F#m I gave you my de C# votion,
F#m hiding nothing up my B sleeve -
E If I walked clean G#m out of your life
would you even not C#m ice me leave? F#m
So much tangled-up emotion, C#
F#m should I stay or should I B go?
E If I walked clean G#m out of your life
how long C#m would it take you to know F#m ?
(no chord)
Are we such good friends?
(On original release include the 4 lyric lines, on The Love Songs
play them instrumentally - Same chords)
You used to say 'I love you',
you used to say 'You make me feel alive and young';
now we're just a habit, a flavour, one a month,
to titillate your tongue.
How sordid this has become
as the means approach the end -
Oh, how long can we pretend
F#m I gave you my de C# votion,
F#m hiding nothing up my B sleeve -
E (add choir... G#m
If I walked clean out of your life
would you even not C#m ice me leave F#m
F#m So much tangled-up emo C# tion,
F#m should I stay or should I D go?
G If I walked clean Bm out of your life
Em D(?) Am E Am D
how long would it take you to know?
G If I walked clean Bm out of you life
how long Em would it take you to know Am
(no chord)
Are we such good friends?
Have fun!
Ofir
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Peter Hammill
