Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse]

^ETime Is written on your ^Aface And the cold white arms of memory em^Ebrace you ^ELove Is all we lay to w^Aaste Now it’s o^Bnly lips of lone^F#liness that ta^Bste you

[Chorus]

Oh g^Bod you were beautiful Oh g^Aod you were beautiful Oh g^Bod Mad Shelle^F#y’s let^G#ter^Abox is^F# fu^Ell of bi^F#rth^G#day^C# car^Bds

[Verse]

^EMe I never left the r^Aoom The lightbulb that shone down on me was gl^Eoomy ^EI could read you by the m^Aoon The w^Bay you looked at m^F#e I thought you k^Bnew me

[Chorus]

Oh g^Bod you were beautiful Oh g^Aod you were beautiful Oh ^Bgod Mad Shelle^F#y’s let^G#ter^Abox is^F# fu^Ell of bi^F#rth^G#day^C# car^Bds Mad Shelle^F#y’s let^G#ter^Abox is^F# fu^Ell of bi^F#rth^G#day^C# car^Bds

(Special delivery from mad Shelley) [Verse]

Wh^Eat Could anybody sa^Ay Except in hindsight this was bound to hap^Epen Wh^Een two souls collide this w^Aay There’s ^Bno compartment t^F#hey can find a m^Bap in

[Bridge]

^AI don’t know what your m^Eind is thinking your mi^Dnd’s not in your h^Aeart [Chorus]

Oh g^Bod you were beautiful Oh g^Aod you were beautiful Oh g^Bod Mad Shelle^F#y’s let^G#ter^Abox is^F# fu^Ell of bi^F#rth^G#day^C# car^Bds Mad Shelle^F#y’s let^G#ter^Abox is^F# fu^Ell of bi^F#rth^G#day^C# car^Bds Mad Shelle^F#y’s let^G#ter^Abox is^F# fu^Ell of bi^F#rth^G#day^C# car^Bds

[Outro]

A^Bhhhh A^Bhhhh A^Bhhhh

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Robyn Hitchcock - Mad shelleys letterbox