Intro - A D/G x5
A D/G
That old dog has chained you up, all right
A D/G
Give you everything you need to live inside a twisted cage
A D/G
Sleep beside an empty rage
I had a dream I was your hero
D A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
I'd rock you 'til the daylight comes
Made sure you are smiling and warm
D F#m7
I am everything, tonight, I'll be your mother
Bm
I'll do such things to ease your pain
Free your mind, and you won't feel ashamed
A D/G
Oh...
A D/G
Open up coming inside
Gonna fill you up, gonna make you cry
A D/G
A D/G
This monkey can't stand to see you black and blue
A D/G
I give you something sweet each time you come inside my jungle book
A D/G
What is it just too good?
Don't say you'll stay, 'cause then you go away
D A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
I'd rock you 'til the daylight comes
Made sure you are smiling and warm
D F#m7
I am everything, tonight, I'll be your mother
Bm
I'll do such things to ease your pain
Free your mind, and you won't feel ashamed
D A/C#
Shucks, for me there is no other
Bm
You're the only shoe that fits
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I can't imagine I'll grow out of it
D F#m7
Damn, I wish I was your lover (yeah)
A G
If I was your girl, believe me
D
I'd turn on the Rolling Stones
C D
We could groove along and feel much better
G D
Let me in
C D
I could do it forever and ever and ever and ever
A D
Give me an hour to kiss you
D
Walk through Heaven's door I'm sure
C D
Don't need no doctor to feel much better
A D
Let me in, oh
C D C D C A
(I wanna live) Forever and ever and ever and ever
A D/G
A D/G
I sat on a mountainside with peace of mind
A D/G
And I lay by the ocean making love to her with visions clear
A D/G
Walked for days with no one near
D
And I return as chained and bound to you
A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
I'd rock you 'til the daylight comes
Made sure you are smiling and warm
D F#m7
I am everything, tonight, I'll be your mother
Bm
I'll do such things to ease your pain
Free your mind, and you won't feel ashamed
D A/C#
Shucks, for me there is no other
Bm
You're the only shoe that fits
I can't imagine I'll grow out of it
D F#m7
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
I wanna open up, I'm gonna come inside
I wanna fill you up, I wanna make you cry
D A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
Gettin' on a subway, and I'm comin' uptown
D A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
Standing on the street corner, waiting for my life to change
D A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
And I'm feelin' like a school boy, too shy and too young, oh
D F#m7
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
Tryna open up, I wanna come inside
Gunna fill you up, I'm gunna make you cry
D A/C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
I'm gettin' on my camel, and I'll ride it uptown, oo
D A?C#
Damn, I wish I was your lover
Bm
Standing on a street corner, waiting for my life to change
***Repeat until fade out***
