Intro/verse riff bass (without capo) :
D G D C
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|
A|----------3----|----------------|
E|-3-----3-------|-3-------3-1----|
D G
Lilac blowing through the warm summer air
D C
Hint of your perfume The smell of your hair
D G
Sun is setting and the crows all cry
D C
Electrical storm forming in the sky
D G
Got a hurt inside that I just gotta heal
D C
All I can do is feel, feel, feel
D G
Day is dying and the night is born
D C
Baby don't leave me so lovelorn
G A Bm E
A hungry dog howls through the trees
G A Bm E
It echoes long on the lilac breeze
G A Bm E
A blackbird sings a song so sad
G A Bm Bm
Girl, I want it bad
G A Bm
Girl, I want it bad
D G
Birds do it, bees do it, I wanna do it
D C
The only thing we need to do, Is get down to it
D G
Please hear my plea, Know it comes from the heart
D C
Baby, you and me got something to start
Chorus
C Bm
Why won't you hear me?
A# Am
I'm a desperate man
C Bm
Darling, don't fear me
A# Am D E
Just say we can
D G
Lilac blowing in the warm summer breeze
D C
Floating so soft with the cries in the trees
D G
Sun is setting and the day is dead
D C
How can I get it through your pretty little head
G A Bm E
A hungry dog howls through the trees
G A Bm E
It echoes long on the lilac breeze
G A Bm E
A blackbird sings a song so sad
G A Bm Bm
Girl, I want it bad
G A Bm Bm
Girl, I want it bad
G A Bm
Girl, I want it bad
G A Bm E Repeat till the end.