[Intro]
F Gm Gm F
[Versetto]
  F             Dm              Bb           Am 
I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love, 
        F           Gm        C 
As she lies here beside me asleep with the night, 
         F          Dm         Bb          Am 
And her hair, in a fine mist floats on my pillow, 
    F           Gm          Bb C        F 
Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight.
[Strumentale]
F Gm Gm F
[Versetto]
        F            Dm          Bb              Am 
She is soft, she is warm, but my heart remains heavy, 
        F            Gm            C 
And I watch as her breasts gently rise, gently fall, 
       F              Dm            Bb           Am 
For I know with the first light of dawn I'll be leaving, 
        F           Gm          Bb         F 
And tonight will be all I have left to recall.
[Strumentale]
F Gm Gm F
[Versetto]
     F           Dm    Bb         Am 
Oh, what have I done, why have I done it, 
         F        Gm          C 
I've committed a crime, I've broken the law, 
       F         Dm          Bb       Am 
For twenty-five dollars and pieces of silver, 
    F          Gm       Bb          F 
I held up and robbed a hard liquor store.
[Strumentale]
F Gm Gm F
[Versetto]
    F            Dm       Bb        Am 
My life seems unreal, my crime an illusion, 
    F          Gm         C 
A scene badly written in which I must play, 
       F         Dm         Bb           Am 
Yet I know as I gaze at my young love beside me, 
      F         Gm        Bb C   F 
The morning is just a few hours away.
[Outro]
F Gm Gm F