Title[C] - The P|ogues
[intro]
Chords C F G
[Intro]
C F G C X2
[Verse 1]
C F
I've been loving you a long time
G C F
Down all the years, down all the days
G C F
And I've cried for all your troubles
G C F G
Smiled at your funny little ways
[Verse 2]
C F
We watched our friends grow up together
G C F
And we saw them as they fell
G C F
Some of them fell into Heaven
G C F G
Some of them fell into Hell
[Verse 3]
C F
I took shelter from a shower
G C F
And I stepped into your arms
G C F
On a rainy night in Soho
G C F G
The wind was whistling all its charms
[Verse 4]
C F
I sang you all my sorrows
G C F
You told me all your joys
G C F
Whatever happened to that old song?
G C F G
To all those little girls and boys
[Verse 5]
C F
Now this song is nearly over
G C F
We may never find out what it means
G C F
But there's a light I hold before me
G C F G C
And you're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
[Interlude]
F G C F
G C F G
C F G C
F G C F
G
[Verse 6]
C F
Sometimes I'd wake up in the morning
G C F
The ginger lady by my bed
G C F
Covered in a cloak of silence
G C F G
I hear you talking in my head
[Verse 7]
C F
I'm not singing for the future
G C F
I'm not dreaming of the past
G C F
I'm not talking of the first times
G C F G
I never think about the last
[Verse 8]
C F
Now this song is nearly over
G C F
We may never find out what it means
G C F
Still there's a light I hold before me
[Outro]
G C F G C F G C F G C F G C F G C F G C F G
You're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
[Fade Out]
C F G C
F G C F
G C F G