Verse: Cm D# Wise man once said G#maj7 A# "Wild winds are death to the candle" Cm D# G#maj7 A# A rose by any other name is a scandal Cm D# G#maj7 Cautions issued, he stood A# Shooting the messengers Cm A# G#maj7 D# They tried to warn him about her Chorus: D# A# Cross your thoughtless heart Cm G#maj7 Only liquor anoints you D# A# Sheʼs the albatross Cm G#maj7 She is here to destroy you Verse: Cm D# Wise man once said G#maj7 A# "One bad seed kills the garden" Cm D# G#maj7 A# "One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen" Cm D# G#maj7 Locked me up in towers A# But Iʼd visit in your dreams Cm D# G#maj7 A# And they tried to warn you about me Chorus: D# A# Cross your thoughtless heart Cm G#maj7 Only liquor anoints you D# A# Sheʼs the albatross Cm G#maj7 She is here to destroy you D# A# Devils that you know Cm G#maj7 Raise worse hell than a stranger D# A# Sheʼs the death you chose Cm G#maj7 Youʼre in terrible danger Bridge: Fm G#maj7 D# A# Fm And when that sky rains fire on you G#maj7 D# A# And youʼre persona non grata Fm G#maj7 D# A# Fm Iʼll tell you how Iʼve been there too G#maj7 D# A# And that none of it matters Chorus: Cm D# G#maj7 Wise men once read fake news A# And they believed it Cm D# G#maj7 Jackals raised their hackles A# You couldnʼt conceive it Cm D# G#maj7 A# Cm You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed D# G#maj7 A# And I tried to warn you about them Outro: D# A# So I crossed my thoughtless heart Cm G#maj7 Spread my wings like a parachute D# A# Iʼm the albatross Cm G#maj7 I swept in at the rescue D# A# The devil that you know Cm G#maj7 Looks now more like an angel D# A# Iʼm the life you chose Cm G#maj7 D# A# And all this terrible danger Cm G#maj7 D# A# This terrible danger D# A# Cm G#maj7 So cross your thoughtless heart D# A# Sheʼs the albatross Cm G#maj7 She is here to destroy you
