Misc Originals – Bonnie Easley - Lipstick On His Cigarette (Guitar)

Am           D                     Am
I found her name on the dashboard dust

                 D                      Am
A faint little heart where her finger brushed

                    G                  Am
The scent of her perfume, it lingers still

                       Dm
In the creases of his shirt, against my will

              Am                 C
I won't be lipstick on his cigarette

    G                          Am
A stain he hides, a thing to forget

                                C
I'm not a shadow he can leave behind

       G                       F                  Am
Fading in the smoke when he changes his mind.

           D                        Am
I see her smile in the pictures he keeps

            D                     Am
A life I borrowed, secrets while she sleeps

              G                 Am
He tells me lies in a voice so sweet

                       Dm
But the truth’s in the way our eyes won’t meet.

 F            G
I’m not the whisper in his ear

Am             Dm
I’m the echo of her tears.

              Am              C
I won't be lipstick on his cigarette

    G                            Am
A spark he strikes, a flame to regret

             Am                       C
I’m not the ashes scattered on the ground

           G           F                Am
While he walks away without a sound

          F
Does she know he holds me in the dark

          Am
Does she hear his vows falling apart

  Dm
I see the ring he tries to hide

       E
And I know I’ll never be his bride.