G#m C#m G#m C#m D#m G#m D#m G#m I hate myself for lovinʼ you And the weakness that I showed ... D#m G#m D#m A#m You were just a painted face On a trip down Suicide Road. B D#m G#m The stage was set, the lights went out All around the old hotel B E B C#m G#m I hate myself for lovinʼ you And Iʼm glad the curtain fell. D#m G#m D#m G#m I hate that foolish game we played And the need that was expressed D#m G#m D#m A#m And the mercy that you showed to me Whoever would have guessed B D#m G#m I went out on Lower Broadway And I felt that place within B E B C#m G#m That hollow place where martyrs weep And angels play with sin D#m G#m D#m G#m Heard your songs of freedom And man forever stripped D#m G#m D#m A#m Acting out his folly While his back is being whipped B D#m G#m Like a slave in orbit Heʼs beaten ʼtil heʼs tame B E B C#m G#m All for a momentʼs glory And itʼs dirty, rotten shame D#m G#m D#m G#m There are those who worship loneliness Iʼm not one of them D#m G#m D#m A#m In this age of fiberglass Iʼm searching for a gem B D#m G#m The crystal ball up on the wall Hasnʼt shown me nothing yet B E B C#m G#m Iʼve paid the price of solitude But at least Iʼm out of debt D#m G#m D#m G#m Canʼt recall a useful thing You ever did for me D#m G#m D#m A#m ʼCept pat me on the back one time When I was on my knees B D#m G#m We stared into each otherʼs eyes ʼTil one of us would break B E B C#m G#m No use to apologize What diffʼrence would it make D#m G#m D#m G#m So sing your praise of progress And of the Doom Machine D#m G#m D#m A#m The naked truth is still tabu Whenever it can be seen B D#m G#m Lady Luck who shines on me Will tell you where Iʼm at B E B C#m G#m I hate myself for lovinʼ you But I should get over that
