Ebm
I was lying on the floor of the playground
Gb
You were chasing off a kid with a greyhound
Db                              Bb
I remember thinking you're the coolest girl I know

[Verse 2]
Ebm
You were swinging from the ceiling rafters
Gb
It fell around you in a halo of plaster
Db                          Bb
I don't go to hospitals---I let you go alone

[Chorus]
B                         Db
I had my reasons at the time
                          Ebm
I had my reasons at the time
                           Gb
Something in the state of mind
         Db                Gb  Db
Oh, everlasting light...

[Verse 3]
Ebm
Why's your father always calling me out, yeah?
Gb
There's a saying in the English South:
     Db                               Bb
"You have to put your mind in gear before you drive your mouth."

[Verse 4]
Ebm
I got to thinking of legitimate work
    Gb
But they found the powder in the funeral hearse
    Db                           Bb
And oh! That blessed conjugal, I could not be alone

[Chorus]
B                         Db
I had my reasons at the time
                          Ebm
I had my reasons at the time
                           Gb
Something in the state of mind

B                         Db
I had my reasons at the time
                          Ebm
I had my reasons at the time
                           Gb
Something in the state of mind
         Db                Gb  Db
Oh, everlasting light...

[Interlude]
Ebm   Gb   Ebm   Gb Db Gb  Bb

[Chorus]
B                         Db
I had my reasons at the time
                          Ebm
I had my reasons at the time
                           Gb
Something in the state of mind

B                         Db
I had my reasons at the time
                          Ebm
I had my reasons at the time
                           Gb
Something in the state of mind
         Db                Gb  Db
Oh, everlasting light...