Meat Loaf - Read Em And Weep

meat loaf : read ’em and weep ( jim steinman )

C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G#

C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G#

C# A#m F# G#
i’ve been trying for hours just to think of what exactly to say
C# A#m
i thought i’d leave you with a letter or firey speech
F# G#
like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play

C#
and i’ve been dying for hours
A#m F# G#
trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
C# A#m
i’d like to know how you faded and you threw it away
F# G#
i’d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant

Fm D#m
well i could tell you good – bye or maybe see you around
C# A#m
with just a touch of a sarcastic thanks

F# D#m
we started out with a bang and at the top of the world
E G#
now the guns are exhausted , the bullets are blanks

and everything’s blank

C#
if i could only find the words then i would write it all down

if i could only find a voice i would speak
( C# ) Fm F# D#m
oh , it’s there in my eyes so can’t you see me tonight
A#m G# C#
c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep

if i could only find the words then i would write it all down
if i could only find a voice i would speak
oh , it’s there in my eyes so can’t you see me tonight
c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep

C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G#

C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G#

C# A#m F# G#
i’ve been whispering softly trying to build a cry up into a scream
C# A#m
we let the past slip away and put the future on hold
F# G# G#7
now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream

C#
and i’ve been dying for hours
A#m F# G#
trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
C# A#m
i’d like to know why you faded and you threw it away
F# G#
i’d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant

Fm D#m
well i could tell you good – bye or maybe see you around
C# A#m
with just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
F# D#m
but now the rooms are all empty , the candles are dark
E G#
the guns are exhausted and the bullets are blanks

and everything’s blank

C#
if i could only find the words then i would write it all down

if i could only find a voice i would speak
( C# ) Fm F# D#m
oh it’s there in my eyes so can’t you see me tonight
A#m G# C#
c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep

oh , it’s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
it’s running silent and angry and deep
oh , it’s there in my eyes and it’s all i can say
c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep

F# G# C#
read ’em and weep – for all the hours we’ll be spending alone
F# G# C#
read ’em and weep – for the dreams we’ll ignore
F# Fm A#m
running silent and deep – and all those promises we promised to keep
D#m G# C#
they won’t be kept anymore

read ’em and weep – for the magic that our bodies had made
read ’em and weep – for the blood that we lost
running silent and deep – and all the secrets that we somehow betrayed
ooh , whatever the cost

F# G# C#
read ’em and weep – for the memories still alive in the bed
F# G# C#
read ’em and weep – for the lies we believed
F# Fm A#m
running silent and deep – and all the things that we’ll have never been said
A#m G# C#
why don’t you look at me and read ’em and weep
A#m G#
c’mon and look at me and read ’em

C#
it’s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart

it’s running silent and angry and deep
( C# ) Fm F# D#m
it’s there in my eyes , it’s all i can say
A#m G# C#
c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep

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