Intro: C F
C
She was only just a girl in a picture
F
But he thought 'If I can only make her smile
Then she'd be mine'
C
He'd folded it, refolded it so many times,
F
He'd already lost some of her to the creases
Precious pieces
C
He wondered how close he'd ever been to her,
F
In this ebb and flow of the distance between us
Maybe she got the same bus
C
And he left a trail of string wherever he went
F
When he was sleeping, he tied it to his toe
If she crossed it then he'd know
G
But he knew
F
That all was unravelling
G
And he was bare
F G
Stripped of his skin
F
Like the ribs of a broken umbrella
C
Sticking out of a bin
Do do do do do-do do do do do do-do
F
Do do do do do-do do do do do do-do
C
He'd pull his collar up against the wind,
F
Against those who said that trying was the first step to failing
C
Oh he was railing
And filled with new found purpose and pride,
F
He'd make something of this heady glow
Now where would she go?
G
But what do I know
F
Cos all is unravelling
G
And he was bare
F G
Stripped of his skin
F
Like the ribs of a broken umbrella
C
Sticking out of a bin
Am
Do do do do do-do
G Dm C Dm
G Am
But he knew how to fix it, Dear Liza, Dear Liza
G Dm C Dm
G
With time's great elixir, Dear Liza, Dear Liza
C
She was only just a girl in a picture,
F
But he thought 'If I could only make her smile,
C
Then she'd be mine'
Oh the thought of being faced with her
F
Gave him the fear and sometimes in the morning a tent
Oh lord give him strength
G
Cos he knew
F
That all was unravelling
G
And he was bare
F
He was stripped of his skin
G
Yeah he knew
F
That all was unravelling
G
And he was bare
F G
He was stripped of his skin
F
Like the ribs of a broken umbrella
C
Sticking out of a bin
F
Do do do do do-do do do do do do-do
Do do do do d-do do do do do do-do.
C
Sticking out of a bin
