The Love Thieves

FF#m E--------------------|--------2-----------| B------2-5-----------|------2-----5---2---| G----2---------------|--------------------| D--4-----------------|----4---------------| A--------4-----------|--------4-----------| E--2-----------------|--2-----------------| DC#m E--------5-----------|--------4-----------| B------3-------------|------2-----5---2---| G----2---------------|----2---------------| D--0-----0-----------|--0-----------------| A--------------------|--------4-----------| E--------------------|--------------------| D Oh the tears that you weep Dm+7 For the poor tortured souls F#m Who fall at your feet Dm7 With their love begging bowls F#m All the clerks and the tailors E The sharks and the sailors D All good at their trades Hm7 But they'll always be failures D Alms for the poor Dm+7 For the wretched disciples F#m And the love that they swore Dm7 With their hearts on the Bible F#m Beseeching the honour E To sit at your table D And feast on your holiness Hm7 As long as they're able Dm+7 Love needs its martyrs F#m6 Needs its sacrifices Dm They live for your beauty Am+7 And pay for their vices Dm+7 Love will be the death of F#m6 My lonely soul brothers Dm But their spirit shall live on in Am+7 The hearts of all lovers D You're holding court Dm+7 With your lips and your smile F#m Your body's a halo Dm7 Their minds are on trial F#m Sure as Adam is Eve E Sure as Jonah turned whaler D They're crooked love thieves Hm7 And you are their jailor Love needs its martyrs Needs its sacrifices They live for your beauty And pay for their vices Love will be the death of My lonely soul brothers But their spirit shall live on in The hearts of all lovers --------------------------------------- From: Max Stepanov, Russia, St.Petersburg e-mail: profi@dux.ru --------------------------------------- 05 June 1997