Tom: C#m
C#m B E A
C#m B E A
[Verse 1]
C#m B
Well every time I lay in the bed beside you,
E A
Hosea, Hosea,
C#m B E A
I hear the sound of the streets of the city.
C#m G#m
My belly growls like a hungry wolf
F# E A
And I let it prowl till my belly's full.
E E B E A
Hosea, my heart is a stone.
E E B E A
[Verse 2]
C#m B
So please believe me when I say I'm sorry,
E A
Hosea, Hosea,
C#m B E A
You loveable, gullible man.
C#m G#m
I tell you that my love is true
F# E A
Till it fades away like a morning dew.
E E E B E A B
Hosea, just leave me alone.
[Chorus]
G#m A
Here I am in the Valley of Trouble.
E B
Just look at the bed that I've made:
G#m A E B
Badlands as far as I can see.
C#m B A
Well there's no one here but me, Hosea.
[Verse 3]
C#m
Well I stumbled and fell in the road on the way home,
A
Hosea, Hosea.
C#m B E A
I lay in the brick street like a stray dog.
C#m G#m
You came to me like a silver moon
F# E A
With the saddest smile I ever knew.
E E B E A
Hosea carried me home again.
E E B E A B
Ho-o-o-me again.
[Chorus]
G#m A
You called me out to the Valley of Trouble
E B
Just to look at the mess that I've made,
G#m A E B
A barren place where nothing can grow.
G#m A
One look and my stone heart crumbled
B E
It was a valley as green as jade.
G#m A
I swear it was the color of hope.
E B A
You turned a stone into a rose,
A F# B
Hosea, Hosea
[Instrumental]
F# B x3
[Verse 4]
C#m B
I sang and I danced like I did as a young girl,
E A
Hosea, Hosea.
C#m B E A
I am a slave and a harlot no more.
C#m G#m
You washed me clean like a summer rain
F# E A
And you set me free with that ball and chain.
E A
Hosea, I threw away the key.
E A
I'll never leave.
