Tom: F#m
E|----| Verse: 1
A E A D/E A7
Burn the midnight lamp down until the dawn
Bm F#7 Bm Esus E
I'll keep watch until I'm sure you're coming home
A E A
Shadows play and flicker on the bedroom wall
A7 Bm
They turn into a bad dream overnight
F#7 Bm
Something could be terribly wrong
E|----Chor| us: 1
E G#m
Don't be careless love
Don't
G F#m
be careless love
C#m G#m
Don't be, don't be careless love
G
In my dream you're running nowhere
F#m
Every step you've taken turns to glue
C#m
Walking down a spiral staircase
Falling through, falling through
D G D C Bm E
Don't be careless love, be careless love
E|----| Verse: 2
A E A
The lamp burns down and out
D/E A7
I'm getting pretty tired of this
Bm F#7 Bm Esus E
I feel so bad, something might be going amiss
A E A
I won't be there, so look out for yourself
A7 Bm
You're getting in deep whate__ver you do
F#7 Bm
Don't let me go back to sleep
E|----Chor| us: 2
E G#m
Don't be careless love
Don't
G F#m
be careless love
C#m G#m
Don't be, don't be careless love
G
Saw your face in the morning paper
F#m
Saw your body rolled up in a rug
C#m
Chopped up into two little pieces by some thug
D G D C Bm E
Don't be careless love, be careless love
E|----| Verse: 3
A E A D/E A7
But in the morning light, when I wake up again
Bm F#7 Bm Esus E
You're by my side and that's the way it's always been
A E A
But in the dark your mind plays funny tricks on you
E A
Your mind plays funny tricks on you
E G#m
Your mind plays funny tricks on you
Don't
G F#m F Dm A
be careless love
