Talking Scarlet
By Paddy McAloon

Tuning:  EbAbC#F#BbEb  (I.e., down half step)

Chords:

Amaj7	002120
A7	002020
A7sus4	002030
Dmaj7	000222
Ebdim	001212
Edim	002323
Fmaj7	003210
Fdim	003434
F#dim	004545
Gmaj7	320002
G6	005430
G#dim	006767

D        C#m7     Bm7       |Amaj7  Fdim  x2|
Carry no bright torches for me	

D           C#m7 Bm7      
You hide under	    the eiderdown 
Amaj7               Fdim           C#m     Dmaj7
All you can't sweep underneath the car	-  pet
D        C#m7     Bm7
When you covet 	  your neighbor's wife,
Amaj7            Fdim                C#m      Dmaj7
Scalding marks appear, you're talking scar  - let

A     Asus4   A      Ebdim   
Kid   your   -self   that    
Dm     Edim      F#dim      G#dim  Dmaj7     C#m    Bm7
It's   pla       -ton      -ic     love. . .

Amaj7          Fdim               
Best of friends - eyes all smiling - 
Amaj7             Fdim
Watch them turn -  to iron filings

Chorus
D      C#m7	      Bm7
I will stay late one evening       
      Dmaj7        Amaj7                      
While moonstruck beside her, 
     A                  Fdim  
I'll break the bonds of friendship one by one
C#m7    Dmaj7   Amaj7                 Fdim
I'll 	tell her   I'm more than some friendly fellow
D      C#m7	    Bm7
I will say, "How ya doin?"
   Dmaj7    Amaj7      		   
So casually she never suspects 
    A                     Fdim
I'm harboring thoughts of kissing her neck
  C#m7                  Dmaj7     
I think my mouth's been drinking, 
Amaj7              Fdim
My basest thoughts do the thinking
D         C#m7  Bm7			 Amaj7   Fdim
You've no shame     when Scarlet us your name
D        C#m7   Bm7		    Amaj7   Fdim
Trust in flames:    Scarlet is your name

A7   A7sus4    Gmaj7                G6     
Yes  he's      crying in his sleep, 
A7  A7sus4     G6                       Fdim
Yes he's       thoroughly miserable for me
Fmaj7                G 	   A7sus5      G6 	   
Losing his looks for me -  Losing

Amaj7	E7	F#m7	Dmaj
A       Asus4   A       Ebdim  
Dm      Edim    F#dim   G#dim    Dmaj7      C#m    Bm7

Amaj7          Fdim             
Certain themes keep recurring - 
Amaj7	   Fdim
Boundaries start a-blurring

Chorus
D      C#m7	     Bm7
I will stay late one evening
      Dmaj7      Amaj7                      
While moonstruck beside her, 
     A                  Fdim		  C#m7
I'll break the bonds of friendship one by one
     Dmaj7   Amaj7                 Fdim
I'll tell her   I'm more than some friendly fellow
D      C#m7	    Bm7
I will say, "How ya doin?"
   Dmaj7    Amaj7      		     
So casually she never suspects 
    A                     Fdim
I'm harboring thoughts of kissing her neck
   C#m7                 Dmaj7     
I think my mouth's been drinking,     
Amaj7              Fdim
My basest thoughts do the thinking
D     C#m7	  Bm7
Oh my God someone tell her
  Dmaj7              Amaj7      	     
I know she's a star, celestial feast; 
       A                     Fdim
In the zoo of my heart she's thrown to the beast
 	     C#m7         Dmaj7    
Tell her the mouse here beside her,     
Amaj7        Fdim
Won't always be denied her
D       C#m7    Bm7               Amaj7   Fdim
I've no shame 	    Scarlet us my name
D        C#m7   Bm7		  Amaj7   Fdim
Trust in flames:    Scarlet is my name

D     C#m7       Bm7        Amaj7	
Carry no bright torches for me