Suggested Picking Pattern:
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    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|---------*-------|
B|-----*-------*---|
G|---*---*---*---*-|
D|-*---------------|
A|-*---------------|
E|-*---------------|
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  Root note of the chord


Intro: Slowly strum the E chord and let it ring


      E                 '
Cheap perfume and painted faces,
      E                 E
Fallen angels fill the places 
        A          '                E        '
Where I go when my troubles pull me down.
        E                    '          
All the lies I know they'll tell me, 
        E                    E
And the time that they will sell me,
      F#                '             B7     '
For a while I'll be the biggest man in town.


        E                 '
Back at home in bed she's crying,  
        E                 '
For her love for me is dying,
           A       '                          E      '
But she'll pray I make it safely through the night.
         B7                  B7
When the mornin' sun starts showing, 
       A               A
To her bedside I'll be going,
           E               B7                 E      '
And she'll hold me while I face the morning light. 


              E
And I'll make promises,
E
Promises to change. 
              Ab        '
I'll make her promises, swear I'll rearrange. 
              A               '
And I'll start giving all the love she needs, 
   B7                [A    B7]
If only she will stay.


      E                 '
Once again she'll reassure me,
      E                   '
And I believe her love will cure me,
         A                '           E      '
And I'll fall asleep with tears on my face.
      E                 '
Lord I know she's just a woman,
      E                 '
And her love can't last forever,
        F#                    F#               B7    '
And someday soon I know she'll leave without a trace.


           E
For broken promises  
E
Will tear her dreams apart,
              Ab        '
Just token promises will someday break her heart.
              A               '
And for the last time she'll hold me when I cry
              B7
And while I'm sleeping,
       A       B7      '
She'll quietly say:
    C  D  E   E (slowly pick the E chord and let it ring)
Goodbye.