Amanda Palmer – Melody Dean (Guitar)

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  F
I never met a lady

         C                   Bb
Quite as pretty as Melody Dean

    F
And when I laid my head down on her 

C                           Bb
heart it beated out your name

    F
And so I had to 

C
listen to her

Bb 
heart beat several hundred times and

F
She was very 

C
nice about it

Bb
Held my hand and didn't mind

  F
I never put my foot in the same 

C                                  Bb
River twice I don't like getting wet

    F
You take the good you take the bad

    C                             Bb
You take it all and that is all you get

    F
The fact is you would rather I be 

C                         Bb
lonely in a bathtub with a book

    F
The fact is you would rather I sat 

C                               Bb
Pining on our pictures from New York
New York, New York, New York But
F C   Bb
I get torn to pieces

F   C   Bb
For the stupidest reasons

F   C Bb
All I want's to love the one I'm with
Just like the song says
  F
I don't like picking sides I don't like

C                          Bb 
Sticking my Sharona in a box

  F
I like to spread her out on different 

C                               Bb
Crackers, yeah I like the way she looks

    F
And when I go to bed at night with 

C                          Bb
Melody undressing in my head

   F
To get to sleep you know that I would 

C                          Bb
Rather be undressing you instead
Instead, instead, instead
  F
I never met a lady quite as 

C
Pretty as Melody Dean and

Bb
Even though I know you are a little bit angry with me

    F
You know that it is you I love

    C
And you I want to get me off

    Bb
But you can only do that when you're here
And right now you are not F (Instrumental break follows the exact same pattern)
  F
I never cross the Continental 

C                             Bb
Divide without thinking about you

  F
I am a tree that's carved up with her

C                        Bb 
Name she is a warrior tattoo

        F
And the fact is you're selective about 

C                          Bb
what you can remember for a   start

F
The fact is you're just jealous as all 

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Get out we can do it in the dark
The dark, the dark, the dark But
F C   Bb
I get torn to pieces

F   C   Bb
For the stupidest reasons

F   C Bb
All I want's to love the one I'm with
Just like Steven Stills says
  F
I never met a lady quite as 

C
Pretty as Melody Dean and

Bb
Even though I know you are a little bit angry with me

    F
You know that it is you I love

    C
And you I want to get me off

Bb
But you can only do that when you're here
And right now you are not