The Gaslight Anthem - Film noir

^DmI'm all washed out by the side of the road ^BbBroken bones Matilda left a note and a rose Saying B^Dmaby honey child I love you so long but you de^Bbserve much better than me^F

^DmSo I'm just burning all around All the miles on the road ^BbAnd I'm never going back And I'm never going home ^DmI've been gone too long I've been less right than wrong ^BbI've lost so much blood in the ^Ffalling ^Bbout ^C

^FAnd I lit a fire that wouldn't go out Until it ^Bbconsumed the walls and roof of this house Until all I ^Fremember was burning away And all I ^Bbremember you burnt it a^Cway ^Dm

^DmSee for 1 long years I've been hustling around ^BbTryin' to wash the sins and sweat from my brow ^DmJust trying to find a better life for me and my own ^BbJust some rest for these tired working f^Fingers

^DmBut nobody's ever going to tear you away You gotta ^Bbfigure it out boys It's all for the rain and the f^Dmools in the night and the heat in the day When all you ever ^Bbreally wanted was ^Fsomeone to u^Bbnders^Ctand

^FAnd I lit a fire that wouldn't go out Until it ^Bbconsumed the walls and roof of this house Until all I ^Fremember was burning away And all I ^Bbremember you burnt it a^Cway Well don't you take it so ^Fhard and baby don't you cry Cross your hard ^Bbheart and hope to die Don't you tell me no ^Fmore lies you lied all the time Don't you tell me no ^Bbmore lies you lied every n^Cight

And your sugar and ^Dmspice and everything n^Fice You got Monroe h^Bbips your poison lips and k^Fnives And your sugar and ^Dmspice and everything n^Fice Open ^Bbwounds and a young boy's ^Fpride

^FAnd I lit a fire that wouldn't go out Until it ^Bbconsumed the walls and roof of this house Until all I ^Fremember was burning away And all I had ^Bbleft you burnt it a^Cway Well don't you take it so ^Fhard and baby don't you cry Cross your hard ^Bbheart and hope to die Don't you tell me no ^Fmore lies you lied all the time Don't you tell me no ^Bbmore lies you lied every n^Cight