D 	  	  	   G               D
There once was a man who thought love was war
 	             A
Stop me if you've heard the story before
        	 D 	  	             G 
He had a purple heart, but who's keepin' score 
                 D                           A
There's a lot of purple hearts in the purple heart store 
 	     G 	  	  	       A 	       D   Dsus4    D   Dsus2  
He was a comodant, now he's a penitent on Ash Wednesday

      D 	  	       G
There once was a woman, pretty young thing
             A          D
She sold her soul for a diamond ring
    D 	  	  	  G
She read about love in a magazine
          D                       A
Saw it every Friday night on the movie screen
          D                      A 	  	  D    Dsus4 D  Dsus2 
She was a debutante, now she's a penitent on Ash Wednesday 	 

 	       D 	            	 A
They're both love sick they're love tired
                      D                          G
They strayed a little close near the edge of the fire
            D 	  	  	  A
There hands got burned and their eyebrows singed
        D                            G
They're walkin' down the streets of oblivion
 	  D 	  	  	  A
They got holes in their pockets, holes in their minds
        D                           G
They're holy people........ in an unholy time
Bm 	  	  	       A 	  	  	    G 	  	 
Headin' for the church at the end of the line, Ash Wednesday

Bm 	  	  	     F#m
See them hangin' out.... in every lonely place
Em
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now 	  	 
 	      G 	             A (8) 	 
But they got ashes on their face

Inst 	 D 	 A 	 D 	 G 	 Bm 	 A 	 G

Bm 	  	  	 F#m 	 
See them hangin' out in every lonely place
Em
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now 	  	 
 	       G 	              A(8)  	  	 
But they got ashes on their face
   	   D 	  	   A
We're all love sick we're love tired
    D                                        G
We strayed a little close to the edge of the fire
          D 	  	  	       A
Our hands got burned and our eyebrows singed
      D                            G
We're walkin' down the streets of oblivion
       D 	         	      A
We got holes in our pockets, holes in our minds
      D                        G
We're holy people..... in an unholy time
Bm                            A                    G
Headin' for the church at the end of the line, Ash Wednesday
          D   Dsus4  D
Yeah, Ash Wednesday