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