Intro  C/G

       C/G                         Am
On the Evil Quarter Mile they have many words for love
    Em                                G
Not all of them are just four letters either
    C/G                          Am
You only knew the one but it was safe upon your tongue
          Em                                   G
'Till you swallowed it and whispered 'now it's over'

            Am                             Em
All of your different intonations required expert explanations
   F                                 G
It still all sounds so foreign to me now

    Am
But before you take your aim
       Em
I will admit I was to blame
       F                             G
But permit me if you will this final vow


     C/G                      Am
That I cannot forgive you
                        Em
I can't forgive you
                    G
I won't forgive you for
                   C/G
letting me let you go
                          Am
I can't forgive you
                        Em
I can't forgive you
                    G
I won't forgive you for
                   C/G
letting me let you go


           C/G                               Am
All of the millionaires and billionaires who stroll through Holland Park
            Em                              G
They had no time for us and me not for them either
      C/G                                    Am
You informed me as you combed your hair, The BBC had put you there
       Em                             G
At the top of the spiral stairs 'till Easter

              Am
I watched the Holy Father's slow parade
Em
Down The Mall it threatened rain
   F                            G
As helicopters swirled into the ether
         Am
You were sick outside a Mayfair bar
     Em
Your taxi didn't get that far
     F                                       G
Down one-way streets that won't out-run your fever


    C/G                      Am
And I cannot forgive you
                        Em
I can't forgive you
                    G
I won't forgive you for
                   C/G
letting me let you go
                          Am
I can't forgive you
                        Em
I can't forgive you
                    G
I won't forgive you for
                   C/G
letting me let you go


C/G
My confession confused you
Am
Like it was designed to do
Em
Everything I said that's true
G
Concealed a lie
C/G
You watered every bruise with tears
Am
Flooded through the happy years
Em                      G
Ran alone but still you feared you'd finish last

Am                                Em
I won't try to defend my pride or resurrect what's clearly died
   F                 G
Or subject you to my advances
  Am
I won't try myself to explain
   Em
It couldn't deaden any pain
        F                           G
And you never did believe in second chances


   C/G                      Am
And I cannot forgive you
                        Em
I can't forgive you
                    G
I won't forgive you for
                   C/G
letting me let you go
                          Am
I can't forgive you
                        Em
I can't forgive you
                    G
I won't forgive you for
                   C/G
letting me let you go