C#m  B  E  A
C#m  B  E  A


[Verse 1]
     C#m                      B
Well every time I lay in the bed beside you,
E      A
Hosea, Hosea,
C#m                     B                 E       A
I hear the sound of the streets of the city.
C#m                     G#m
My belly growls like a hungry wolf
       F#                     E      A  
And I let it prowl till my belly's full.
                       E    E B E A        
Hosea, my heart is a stone.

E E B E A


[Verse 2]
    C#m                      B 
So please believe me when I say I'm sorry,
E      A      
Hosea, Hosea,
C#m            B        E  A
You loveable, gullible man.
   C#m              G#m 
I tell you that my love is true
         F#                 E      A   
Till it fades away like a morning dew.
                  E    E   E B E A B
Hosea, just leave me alone.


[Chorus]
G#m                A
Here I am in the Valley of Trouble.
 E                B
Just look at the bed that I've made:
G#m          A            E      B
Badlands as far as I can see.
C#m          B               A
Well there's no one here but me, Hosea.


[Verse 3]
         C#m                     
Well I stumbled and fell in the road on the way home,
       A
Hosea, Hosea.
C#m                        B           E    A
I lay in the brick street like a stray dog.
C#m                    G#m
You came to me like a silver moon
          F#             E    A            
With the saddest smile I ever knew.
                  E  E B E A
Hosea carried me home      again.
E  E B E   A     B
Ho-o-o-me again.


[Chorus]
      G#m                  A  
You called me out to the Valley of Trouble
E                    B 
Just to look at the mess that I've made,
G#m                     A         E    B    
A barren place where nothing can grow.
G#m               A
One look and my stone heart crumbled
B                    E 
It was a valley as green as jade.
G#m                  A
I swear it was the color of hope.
E             B           A
You turned a stone into a rose, 
  A       F#    B
Hosea, Hosea


[Instrumental]
F# B  x3


[Verse 4]
   C#m                      B               
I sang and I danced like I did as a young girl,
E       A
Hosea, Hosea.
C#m                B          E   A
I am a slave and a harlot no more.
C#m                         G#m
You washed me clean like a summer rain
         F#                    E         A
And you set me free with that ball and chain.
                         E         A   
Hosea, I threw away the key.
              E    A
I'll never leave.