Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I let love in

^AmDespair and Deception, Love's ^Cugly little ^Amtwins ^GCame a-knocking on my door, I let them ^Amin Darling, you're the punishment for ^Call of my former ^Amsins

I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin

^AmThe door it opened just a crack, but ^CLove was shrewd and ^Ambold ^GMy life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to be^Amhold A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the ^Cfloor of a concrete ^Amhole

I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin

^AmWell I've been bound and gagged and ^CI've been terro^Amrized ^GAnd I've been castrated and I've been loboto^Ammized But never has my tormentor come in ^Csuch a cunning dis^Amguise

I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin

^DmO Lord, tell me what I done Please don't ^Dmleave me here alone Where are my ^Dmfriends? My friends are ^Amgone ^DmO Lord, tell me what I done Please don't ^Dmleave me here alone Where are my ^Dmfriends? My friends are ^Amgone

I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin

^AmSo if you're sitting all alone and hear a-^Cknocking at your ^Amdoor ^GAnd the air is full of promises, well buddy, you've been ^Amwarned Far worse to be Love's lover than the ^Clover that Love has ^Amscorned

I let love ^Gin I let love ^Amin Yeah, I let love ^Gin I let him ^Amin I let love ^Gin, yeah I let love ^Amin I let him ^Gin I let love ^Amin