Key: E
Introduction: E E4 E E4
E
I ceremonially undress
A E Esus4E
For she who in my dreams reveals how she longs and she cares
C#m
I take off all my clothes
A E Esus4E
for the woman downstairs
E
The faded cotton shirt
A E Esus4E
The woollen jacket from a time when the Lord still answered my prayers
C#m
I let fall my black armour
A E Esus4E
for the woman downstairs
E
I get into the bath
A E Esus4E
Let the water trickle through my mind´s lonely affairs
C#m
I give my longing body
A E Esus4E
to the woman downstairs
E A
I give her my ears and my eyes
E Esus4E
I give her my future and my past
C#m
They´re both full of questions and lies
A E Esus4E
But I`ve got a feeling she´ll never ask
C#m
Where I´m going
A
Well, I´m going down
E Esus4E
To the woman downstairs
E
In my dream I lay her on a blanket
A E Esus4E
Wild berries stain the fragile dress she wears
C#m
She can have my soul and keep it
A E Esus4E
The woman downstairs
E A
I give her my ears and my eyes
E Esus4E
I give her my future and my past
C#m
They´re both full of questions and lies
A E Esus4E
But I`ve got a feeling she´ll never ask
C#m
Where I´m going
A
Well, I´m going down
E Esus4E
To the woman downstairs
C#m
Yeah, I´m going down
A E E4
To the woman downstairs