Verse 1
N.C. 
And it's hard to write about being happy 
N.C. 
'Cause the older I get 
N.C. 
I find that happiness is an extremely uneventful subject 
 
Refrain 1
N.C. 
And there would be no grand choirs to sing 
N.C. 
No chorus could come in 
N.C. 
About two people sitting doing nothing 
 
Verse 2
    Dm 
But I must confess 
         Em        F 
I did it all for myself 
  F                    G                     C        Dm 
I gathered you here to hide from some vast unnameable fear 
        Dm 
But the loneliness never left me 
  Em 
I always took it with me 
          F                                   Em 
But I can put it down in the pleasure of your company 
 
Refrain 2
                       Dm 
And there will be no grand choirs to sing 
     Em 
No chorus will come in 
    Am 
No ballad will be written 
              F 
It will be entirely forgotten 
 
Verse 3
          Dm 
And if tomorrow it's all over 
            Em 
At least we had it for a moment 
               F 
Oh, darling, things seem so unstable 
           G                        C 
But for a moment we were able to be still 
 
Interlude
F C F C F C F 
 
Refrain 2
                       Dm 
And there will be no grand choirs to sing 
     Em 
No chorus will come in 
    F 
No ballad will be written 
                Em 
This will be entirely forgotten 
 
Outro
Dm Em Am F Dm Em F G C