Verse
           D                   B 
You were a medicine cabinet, oh... 
I can crawl in, I can crawl in 
D                               B 
Every night.  Like the rat I am. 
Like the rat I am. 
 
Prechorus
   E   D   B                                C 
Of all the things, things I thought I'd seen. 
Sure didn't see that coming. 
 
Interlude
D B 
 
Verse
D                                   B 
Gnawin' at... at your patience, tracking 
holes into your skin. 
D                               B 
North to South, I came crawling,  
I came crawling, I came crawling. 
 
Chorus
G              B 
Oh gently please, 
          A                   E 
won't you take your time with me? 
G              B 
Oh gently please, 
                   A                      E 
stop talkin' 'bout dying like we haven't tried it. 
 
Interlude
D B D B 
 
Prechorus
E   D   B                                    C 
All the things, the things I thought I'd seen. 
Sure didn't see that coming. 
 
Chorus
G                  B 
And oh gently please, 
          A                   E 
won't you take your time with me? 
G                  B 
And oh gently please, 
                   A                      E 
stop talkin' 'bout dying like we haven't tried it. 
G                  B 
And oh gently please, 
                   A                      E 
stop talkin' 'bout dying like we haven't tried it.