Read Em And Weep

meat loaf : read ’em and weep ( jim steinman ) C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G# C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G# C# A#m F# G# i’ve been trying for hours just to think of what exactly to say C# A#m i thought i’d leave you with a letter or firey speech F# G# like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play C# and i’ve been dying for hours A#m F# G# trying to fill up all the holes with some sense C# A#m i’d like to know how you faded and you threw it away F# G# i’d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant Fm D#m well i could tell you good - bye or maybe see you around C# A#m with just a touch of a sarcastic thanks F# D#m we started out with a bang and at the top of the world E G# now the guns are exhausted , the bullets are blanks and everything’s blank C# if i could only find the words then i would write it all down if i could only find a voice i would speak ( C# ) Fm F# D#m oh , it’s there in my eyes so can’t you see me tonight A#m G# C# c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep if i could only find the words then i would write it all down if i could only find a voice i would speak oh , it’s there in my eyes so can’t you see me tonight c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G# C#6 C# A#m A#m7 F# F#maj7 G# C# A#m F# G# i’ve been whispering softly trying to build a cry up into a scream C# A#m we let the past slip away and put the future on hold F# G# G#7 now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream C# and i’ve been dying for hours A#m F# G# trying to fill up all the holes with some sense C# A#m i’d like to know why you faded and you threw it away F# G# i’d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant Fm D#m well i could tell you good - bye or maybe see you around C# A#m with just a touch of a sarcastic thanks F# D#m but now the rooms are all empty , the candles are dark E G# the guns are exhausted and the bullets are blanks and everything’s blank C# if i could only find the words then i would write it all down if i could only find a voice i would speak ( C# ) Fm F# D#m oh it’s there in my eyes so can’t you see me tonight A#m G# C# c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep oh , it’s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart it’s running silent and angry and deep oh , it’s there in my eyes and it’s all i can say c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep F# G# C# read ’em and weep - for all the hours we’ll be spending alone F# G# C# read ’em and weep - for the dreams we’ll ignore F# Fm A#m running silent and deep - and all those promises we promised to keep D#m G# C# they won’t be kept anymore read ’em and weep - for the magic that our bodies had made read ’em and weep - for the blood that we lost running silent and deep - and all the secrets that we somehow betrayed ooh , whatever the cost F# G# C# read ’em and weep - for the memories still alive in the bed F# G# C# read ’em and weep - for the lies we believed F# Fm A#m running silent and deep - and all the things that we’ll have never been said A#m G# C# why don’t you look at me and read ’em and weep A#m G# c’mon and look at me and read ’em C# it’s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart it’s running silent and angry and deep ( C# ) Fm F# D#m it’s there in my eyes , it’s all i can say A#m G# C# c’mon and look at me and read ’em and weep ( chords : )