Jeffrey Lee Pierce: "Temptation and I" (from the "Pastoral Hide & Seek" album)
intro: 8x
Esus4 E
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Bm
D
Temptation and I
Bm D
temptation and I
A
G
E
money lost in back of the car
D
memory brings light
Bm D
temptation and I
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so, hold on, hold on, hold on, open the sky
Temptation and I
empty bedroom at night
alone as the dawn's iron gates
in the workhouse light
eyes in the firefight
so, hold on, hold on, hold on, open the sky
G D
When dawn comes
E
the morning bleeds
G D
that drink who were
E
a drink to sleep
G D
so are the shouts
Bm
that calls you
G
A
who wants you to play again
Temptation and I
temptation and I
comes the morning whistles the sign
brings on the light
memory brings light
so, hold on, hold on, hold on, open the sky
G F#m
When dawn comes
Bm
A
the morning it bleeds
G F#m
that dawn comes, drink were
Bm
A
a drink to sleep
G
just like dawn comes
F#m
so calls you
Bm A
wants you to play
G F#m Bm A
temptation and I ...
instrumental = fading out over G F#m
Bm A