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