[Intro]
| C | Dm | F | C |
| C | Dm | F | C |
 
[Verse 1]
G             F              C              Am
  We met some time ago, when we were almost young
Bm                    Am           F     C            G
  It never crossed my mind to ask, where did you come from?
G                    F         C             Am
  I didn't have much money, so I stole you a rose
Bm                         Am            F              G
  You were dressed like an orphan, in Salvation Army clothes
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Dm                    C                 G         C
  I never thought I'd lose ya, no - I'd rather go blind
Dm                    Bm                             C
  I thought I saw the future, but the fortune teller lied
 
[Chorus 1]
C                   Dm      F                     C
Your love was my salvation,   it could always get   me high
C                  Dm      F                     C
What was once holy water,     tastes like bitter wine
 
[Verse 2]
G                 F              C              Am
  I know I wasn't funny, but you laughed at all my jokes
Bm                          Am           F                C              G
  When I was choking on the words to say, you shoved your finger down my throat
G                          F              C                Am
  The first night I said I loved you, you told me to go to hell
         Bm                      Am              F               G
You were giving me head, on that creaky, old bed at the Ol'Duvol Hotel
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Dm           C               Bm               C
  Just like everything, even good love has to die
Dm         C        Bm               C
  Ain't no sympathy when it sayes goodbye
 
[Chorus 1]
C                   Dm      F                      C
Your love was my salvation,   it could always get me high
C                    Dm    F                    C
What was once holy water,    tastes like bitter wine
 
[Solo]
| Am | C | Am | C |
| Am | F | F  | C |
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Dm           C               Bm               C
  Just like everything, even good love has to die
Dm         C        Bm               C
  Ain't no sympathy when it sayes goodbye
 
[Link]
Am                   C                  Dm   F   C
No one even cried, we're one of a kind, one of a kind
 
[Chorus 2]
C                   Dm              F                      C
Love let me stranded at the station   and the last train's gone by
C                    Dm    F                    C
What was once holy water,    tastes like bitter wine
 
[Chorus 3]
C                       Dm               F               C
Your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
C                    Dm      F               C
You take the bag of holy water, now all that's left is bitter wine
 
[Coda]
C  F  C