Em               B  
Strung out on a man that I’m
Am              C
thinking I can save
D7                           B7
The doses wax, the pleasures wane
         Em            
And you stand with arms
      B
outstretched
         Am                C
Looking simple, fine, and plain
B         A           Em
I wish I loved you anyway
                     
                     
[Chorus 1]
Em            B       
Him with his boyish eyes
Am          C           
You with a vacant smile
D7                   B7
If only people ever changed
         Em             B
But I’m quite set in my ways
             Am            C
And you’re blesséd as the day
B          A          Em 
I wish I loved you anyway
                     
                     
[Bridge 1]
C                  Em   
You and I weren’t made for love
C                     Em
Get it straight, our time won’t come
Dm              Am       
I was told when I was young
B                     
No crying in the rain
                     
                     
[Verse 2]
Em              B       
Hung up on the thought that the
Am               C
future could be light
D7                       B7 
I liked your bright naiveté
Em               B      
But every clever man
       Am          C     
Has a melancholic mind
B          A           Em
I wish I loved you anyway
                     
                     
[Chorus 2]
Em                B     
Held down by the albatross
Am               C      
Strung up like a giant cross
D7                       B7
I always break under its weight
            Em              B
‘Cause I’m quite set in my ways
         Am          C 
You were just a holiday
B         A           C 
I wish I loved you anyway
                     
                     
[Bridge 2]
C              Em       
Maybe I’m not made for love
C                 Em    
Maybe you’re too good for us
Dm                       Am
But your light heart for my dark lust
B                     
I guess I’ll never trade
                     
                     
[Outro]
Em           B          
It’s like I say
          Am         C
You were just a holiday
B         A           Em  
I wish I loved you anyway
B         A           Em
I wish I loved you anyway