D                   G
have you changed my question
D                G
or asked another one of me?
D                          G
i've abandoned my plans completely
D                G
to make you need me

D            G
show me your fingers
Amin        G
count them, darling
D               G     Amin       G
that's how many times i've loved you
    D    G         Amin         G         Amin
and nine times is enough that's all i can do
Amin
i want something new

D                  G
as i live alone in dallas
D                 G
texas my love has never looked so cold
D                  G
a snowflake falls uniquely
D                       G
but when it lands we'll see

D            G
show me your fingers
Amin        G
count them, darling
D               G     Amin       G
that's how many times i've loved you
    D    G         Amin         G         Amin
and nine times is enough that's all i can do
Amin
i want something new

D x 8

D              G
mr. clarke has got wine for you 
Amin             G
only the best he knows what to do
D            G
mr. davis is putting on the moves 
     Amin                 G
he's sixty years old with so much to prove
D           G
mr. prather writes you a book 
        Amin           G
there's no telling how long it took
D            G
mr. henty is picking his swords 
     Amin                    G
he's fighting in a duel over who gets you
D            G             Amin                G
mr. ford his name is ernie sings you one about how

D        
the love is gone
G
love is dead
D
love is wrong
G
and you once said
     D
that life's too long
G
it never moves
D
but hear these words
G
they might remind you
D