Asus4 - Am                 G
It's been seven long days and seven hard nights
         Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#         F       E7
In a '62 Chevy with broke taillights
    Asus4 - Am               G
An east - bound man in a west - bound lane
   Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
A dishwater blonde about sixteen
    Asus4 - Am                    G
Was standing on the shoulder with a ribbon in her hair
     Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#        F            E7
Her hand on her hip and her thumb in the air
      Asus4 - Am                    G
And I pulled off the road and as she grabbed for the door
  Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#          F                    E7
I knew the wind was cold 'cause I'd seen it all before
      Asus4 - Am   E7
And I was scared


[Refrain]
     Am       G             Am6/F#
Things ain't never what they seem
        Am        F       E7        Am - E7 - Am
When you find you livin' in your own dream


[Verse 2]
     Asus4 - Am                 G
Now the moonlight peeked in and out behind the clouds
     Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
Now and again on this godless child
      Asus4 - Am                 G
And the radio was scrambed, cracklin' in the air
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
The ribbon she wore looked old in her hair
      Asus4 - Am                 G
And I saw the moonlight sliver dead down on her face
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
I knew it was true, she was in the wrong place
      Asus4 - Am                 G
In the wrong time, in the wrong tale
         Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
I knew when I'd asked her she'd hiss, "Christabel"


[Refrain]
    Am       G             Am6/F#
Things ain't never what they seem
        Am        F       E7        Am - E7 - Am
When you find you livin' in your own dream


[Verse 3]
    Asus4 - Am                 G
She was after the man who had left her alone
      Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
With no father beside her and love longtime gone
   Asus4 - Am                 G
And the snake deep inside her, a hiss in her head
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
The rest that had been her was dying or dead
  Asus4 - Am                 G
And she'd a taste for young women with pearly white skin
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
She spat on the floor when she spoke of the man
   Asus4 - Am                 G
Who made her like this, who had written her tale
        Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
This medieval maid they called "Christabel"


[Refrain]
    Am       G             Am6/F#
Things ain't never what they seem
        Am        F       E7        Am - E7 - Am
When you find you livin' in your own dream


[Verse 4]
   Asus4 - Am                 G
Then she breathed out the story of her lover - to - be
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
A knight shining armor on a silvery steed
    Asus4 - Am                 G
Who longed to be worthy so he sought the crusade
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
While she waited, breath bated, in linen brocade
    Asus4 - Am                 G
But a pair of black eyes wove 'round her a spell
         Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
The snake they call Lydia seduced Christabel
     Asus4 - Am                 G
And she cuddled her tender, she poisoned her soul
         Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
She stole her young body and made it her own


[Chorus]
    Am       G             Am6/F#
Things ain't never what they seem
        Am        F       E7        Am - E7 - Am
When you find you livin' in your own dream


[Verse 5]
    Asus4 - Am                 G
Now the knight would love Lydia in Christabel's arms
      Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
And Lydia would have it should he ever return
    Asus4 - Am                 G
But Lydia was left with the story undone
     Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
No silvery steed, no castle, no throne
     Asus4 - Am                 G
Half - woman, half - serpent entwined in a spell
       Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
A barge black and fancy this medieval tale
     Asus4 - Am                 G
And she faded at dawning, the bird and the beast
      Dsus2/F# - Am6/F#     F        E7
Deep in the dreams of those bound for the east
    Asus4 - Am                 G
Like me


[Refrain]
    Am       G             Am6/F#
Things ain't never what they seem
        Am        F       E7        Am - E7 - Am
When you find you livin' in your own dream
    Am       G             Am6/F#
Things ain't never what they seem