Sophie B Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover chords

Intro - A D/G x5
                                     A     D/GThat old dog has chained you up, all right
                                A           D/GGive you everything you need to live inside a twisted cage
                            A        D/GSleep beside an empty rage

I had a dream I was your hero
D            A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
     BmI'd rock you 'til the daylight comes
                    
Made sure you are smiling and warm
D                      F#m7    I am everything, tonight, I'll be your mother
     BmI'll do such things to ease your pain

Free your mind, and you won't feel ashamed
A      D/GOh...
A           D/G Open up coming inside

Gonna fill you up, gonna make you cry

A      D/G

                                   A             D/GThis monkey can't stand to see you black and blue
                                         A              D/GI give you something sweet each time you come inside my jungle book
                           A     D/GWhat is it just too good?

Don't say you'll stay, 'cause then you go away

D            A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
     BmI'd rock you 'til the daylight comes
                    
Made sure you are smiling and warm
D                      F#m7    I am everything, tonight, I'll be your mother
     BmI'll do such things to ease your pain

Free your mind, and you won't feel ashamed
D           A/C#Shucks, for me there is no other
BmYou're the only shoe that fits

I can't imagine I'll grow out of it
D           F#m7    Damn, I wish I was your lover (yeah)
A                G   If I was your girl, believe me
DI'd turn on the Rolling Stones
         C                     DWe could groove along and feel much better
       G         DLet me in  
                 C                 D    I could do it forever and ever and ever and ever
A             D   Give me an hour to kiss you
DWalk through Heaven's door I'm sure
      C                     DDon't need no doctor to feel much better
A                   D    Let me in, oh
                  C                      D          C     D         C    A(I wanna live) Forever and ever and ever and ever

A    D/G

                             A              D/GI sat on a mountainside with peace of mind
                              A            D/GAnd I lay by the ocean making love to her with visions clear
                                  A      D/GWalked for days with no one near
                                     DAnd I return as chained and bound to you


             A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
     BmI'd rock you 'til the daylight comes
                    
Made sure you are smiling and warm
D                      F#m7    I am everything, tonight, I'll be your mother
     BmI'll do such things to ease your pain

Free your mind, and you won't feel ashamed
D           A/C#Shucks, for me there is no other
BmYou're the only shoe that fits

I can't imagine I'll grow out of it
D           F#m7    Damn, I wish I was your lover
        BmI wanna open up, I'm gonna come inside 

I wanna fill you up, I wanna make you cry
D            A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
BmGettin' on a subway, and I'm comin' uptown
D       A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
BmStanding on the street corner, waiting for my life to change
D            A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
        BmAnd I'm feelin' like a school boy, too shy and too young, oh
D     F#m7Damn, I wish I was your lover
      BmTryna open up, I wanna come inside 

Gunna fill you up, I'm gunna make you cry
D            A/C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
    BmI'm gettin' on my camel, and I'll ride it uptown, oo
D       A?C#Damn, I wish I was your lover
BmStanding on a street corner, waiting for my life to change

***Repeat until fade out***