Standard (EADGBE)

(Intro:)

(First Verse:)

Drawing back the curtains,

sluggish city daylight in the afternoon...

Here's that special silence,

just before you walk out of the hotel room.

Each time we're so close I assume

that we'll never be again -

oh, how long must we pretend

(Second Verse - same chords)

A casual affair is all that you can spare

from your emotional change;

A calendar of meetings,

strangers on the street

the best we ever arrange.

Now I just can't stand all the pain,

all the constant make and mend;

oh how long must we pretend

that we're just good friends?

I gave you my devotion,

hiding nothing up my sleeve -

If I walked clean out of your life

would you even notice me leave?

So much tangled-up emotion,

should I stay or should I go?

If I walked clean out of your life

how long would it take you to know?

(no chord)

Are we such good friends?

(On original release include the 4 lyric lines, on The Love Songs

play them instrumentally - Same chords)

You used to say 'I love you',

you used to say 'You make me feel alive and young';

now we're just a habit, a flavour, one a month,

to titillate your tongue.

How sordid this has become

as the means approach the end -

Oh, how long can we pretend

I gave you my devotion,

hiding nothing up my sleeve -

(add choir...

If I walked clean out of your life

would you even notice me leave

So much tangled-up emotion,

should I stay or should I go?

If I walked clean out of your life

how long would it take you to know?

If I walked clean out of you life

how long would it take you to know

(no chord)

Are we such good friends?

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