Chords for My New Book

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] Lipstick on a thermos cup, [B] lust and whiskey fill it up, [C] and smoke blows from the chimney to [B] the moon.
_ _ [Em] It's much too cold in the Midwest, [B] chilly hands, cup of chilly [C] breasts, things not said fill [G] up every room.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Em] And as he [C] stands there in the door, [B] there's no room for him anymore, [C] she lies there saying, honey, [B] take one last _ [Bm] look.
I'll _ [C] tell it all in [G] my new book.
[C] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [Em] Above the city, three hundred [B] feet, a derelict in a penthouse [C] suite packs his suitcase for [B] the midnight [Bm] train.
_ [E] The rich girl couldn't [G] face her [Bm] dream, he's bitter coffee, she's sweet [C] cream, she pulls on her shirt, [G] outside it rains.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] And later in the rumbling [Bm] dark, he'll unwrap a broken [C] heart and smile, the weary smile [B] of the [Bm] _ crook.
_ _ I'll [C] tell it all in [G] my new book.
[C] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Coyote sleeps with everyone, [B] but in the morning, he's [C] long gone and it turns out that he [Bm] was a sheep.
_ _ [Em] Tales grow tall around the [B] fire where there's no [Bm] truth, no one's a [C] liar, whatever mask [G] you wear is who you'll be.
[B] _ _ _
_ [C] There is a hole [Em] in the [Bm] day through which we make our [G] getaway, [C] I make mine every time [B] I'm shook.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] I'll tell it all [Em] in my [G] new book.
[C] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] [E] We sift through culture on [Em] a muck, [Bm] but our rhythm is still boom, [C] boom, chug, the whole world to us [B] now is a theme [Bm] park.
_ [E] The tourist takes the [Em] traveler's place, [Bm] buys a new body, a new [C] face, a hymn is not a hymn [G] sung with no heart.
_ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] And I turn to the man of [Bm] woe and ask him where there's left to go, [G] he points down with [Bm] the shepherd's _ crook.
_ _ I'll tell [C] it all [Em] in [G] my new [C] [G] book.
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] [E] And when they lead you to the [Bm] wood, remember that you always [C] should leave a trail of [G] black-eyed [B] peas [Bm] behind.
_ [Em] So I can find my way to you, [Bm] whatever you may get into, [C] you are the one I [G] always long to find.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] And when this crazy time is [B] gone, we'll build a home down by [C] a pond, I'd make you a good mate.
[Bm] I loved _ _ Cook.
_ [C] I'll tell it all in [G] my new [C] book.
[Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] [E] On old Cape Cod it blows [B] again, I'll bet Zona you'll be the [C] whale, I wanna dive as [G] deep as [Bm] we can go.
_ [Em] Your ship is sailing for the [Bm] dock, leave your suitcase, take my [C] heart, hold me, stole me, [G] love me very slow.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] Why must this [Em] hour come to [Bm] pass, I look at you and raise my [C] glass, our kisses cannot stop [Bm] the sigh of the hook.
_ _ [C] I'll tell it [Em] all in my [G] new book.
[C] _ [G] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] [Em] I heard a young man sing a song, [Bm]
just that one, and he was [C] gone off on the journey we [B] all used to make.
[Bm] _ _ [Em] It was a song like rain [G] and wind, [Bm] reminded me of [G] where I'd been and that [C] wild feeling I [G] can't seem to shake.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] I'd like to go into some [Bm] shack and wait for that kid to come back [C] and sing until the [B] walls and windows [Bm] _ shook.
_ _ I'll tell [C] it all in [G] my new book.
[Bm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] The soldiers meet between the [Bm] fights to drink and gamble half the night [C] while waiting for the fresh [B] troops to [Bm] arrive.
_ [Em] The battlements will always stand [Bm] according to the ancient plan, [C] not one of us [G] gets out _ alive.
[Gm] _ _ _
[C] And as we huddled in the [Bm] smoke I began to get the joke, [C] I laughed and kissed you while [B] the whole world [Bm] shook.
_ _ _ [C] I'll tell it all in [G] my new book.
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _