Intro: Am (c b a b g a a octave) Am/D (d e f g a b c a b) 4x Am D/A Freedom for the scapegoat leaving Reading Gaol Am Rheumy eyes just pierced his heart like D/A Crucifixion nails Am Shaking fists and razors gleamed, you never D/A stood a chance Am G F E When the ink ran red on Fleet Street, you turned Am your eyes to France Mid: Am (c b a b g a a octave) Am/D (d e f g a b c a b) 2x Am Humbled far D/A from Dublin, chased across the waves Am Your biting wit still sharp enough to slice through D/A every page Am D/A Destitute and beaten by the system of the crown Am G F E The bitter pill you swallow tasted sweeter going Am down chorus: Dm E Am And looking back on the great indifference Dm E Am Looking back at the limestone walls F Am Thinking how beauty deceived you F E Knowing how love fools us all Mid A golden boy in velveteen landed in New York The past was so seductive when the paid to hear you talk Baccarat and champagne flutes, tobacco from Virginia Long before the lords and law branded Oscar Wilde a sinner chorus: And looking back on the cold bleak winter Looking back on those long dark days Felt like the head of John the Baptist In the arms of Salome Intro Am Don't turn around it's a while gull screaming D/A Don't cry out loud you never know who's listening F C G You've seen it all the exiled Unforgiven Dm E Am From the stately homes of England to her prisons Am And looking back at the hardened lifers D/A Looking back on the wretched poor F C G Thinking maybe they were my saviors Dm E Am Strange to think I'll miss them all Dm E Am Strange to think I'll miss them all chorus: Dm E Am And looking back on the great indifference Dm E Am Looking back at the limestone walls F Am Thinking how beauty deceived you F E Knowing how love fools us all outro: Am (c b a b g a a octave) Am/D (d e f g a b c a b) 3x Am (c b a b g a a octave) Am/D (d e f g a b c ) (e g a octave)