Tuning: (I.e., down half step) (though transcribed as standard) Intro riff (listen to record for rhythm) --------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-0--------0-|-1-1-1-------| -1--1--1--1---|-1--1--1--1---|-1--1--1--1---|-1--1--1--1---|-0----------|-3-3-3---1---| -2--2--2--0---|-2--2--2--0---|-2--2--2--0---|-2--2--2--0---|-0-----0----|-2-2-2-------| -3--3--3--3---|-3--3--3--3---|-3--3--3--3---|-3--3--3--3---|-0---0------|---------2---| --------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-1-1--------|-------------| --------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-0----------|-------------| I've spent the days of my vanity I'm lost to heaven and I'm lost to earth } Didn't give you a minutes-not even moments All my life in a tower of foil Shaded feelings: "I don't believe you!" When you were there before my eyes No one planned it, took it for granted . . . Chorus 1: (riff) I count the hours since you slipped away (riff) I count the hours that I lie awake (riff) I count the minutes and the seconds too } All I stole and I took from you - But (riff) Bonny don't live at home (repeat) Words don't hold you, Broken soldiers Intro Riff Chorus 2: All my silence and my strained respect Missed chances and the same regrets Kiss the thief and you save the rest All my insights in retrospect-But (riff) Bonny don't live at home (repeat) Chorus 1:
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