D Gm6/Bb D Gm6/Bb D Gm6/Bb D Gm6/Bb D D D D [Verse 1] D D/B Your heart sings like a kettle Gm6/Bb D And your words, they boil away like steam. D D/B And a lie burns long while the truth bites quick, Gm6/Bb D A heart is built for both it seems. D D/B You are lonely as a church, Gm6/Bb D Despite the queuing out your door. D D/B Gm6/Bb D I am empty as a promise, no more. [Chorus] A7 G D When the time comes, A7 G D And rights have been read, A7 G I think of you often D A7 G But for once I meant what I said. D Gm6/Bb D Gm6/Bb D Gm6/Bb D Gm6/Bb [Verse 2] D D/B I was salted by your hunger, Gm6/Bb D Now you've gone and lost your appetite D D/B Gm6/Bb D And a little bird is every bit as handy in a fight. D D/B I am lonely as a memory Gm6/Bb D Despite the gathering round the fire. D D/B Gm6/Bb D Aren't you every bird on every wire? [Chorus] A7 G D When the time comes, A7 G D And rights have been read, A7 G I think of you often D A7 G But for once I meant what I said. [Verse 3] D A7 G D Here I stay, I lay me down, A7 G D In a house by the Hill. A7 G D A7 G I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill D A7 G D Here I stay, I lay me down, A7 G D In a house by the Hill. [Outro] A7 G D A7 G D I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill A7 G D A7 G D I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill A7 G D A7 G D I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill