The Ballad of Love and Hate

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Love writes a letter and sends it to hate. Ab Eb My vacations ending. I'm coming home late. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm The weather was fine and the ocean was great Eb Bb Ab and I can't wait to see you again.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Hate reads the letter and throws it away. Ab Eb "No one here cares if you go or you stay. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm I barely even noticed that you were a---way. Eb Bb Ab I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Love sings a song as she sails through the sky. Ab Eb The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm And everyone knows it whenever she flies, Eb Bb Ab and also when she comes down.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street. Ab Eb Every stranger and drifter he greets. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm And shakes hands with every loner he meets Eb Bb Ab with a serious look on his face.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow. Ab Eb Carrying with her the good things we know. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm A reason to live and a reason to grow. Eb Bb Ab To trust. To hope. To care.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Hate sits alone on the hood of his car. Ab Eb Without much regard to the moon or the stars. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm Lazily killing the last of a jar Eb Bb Ab of the strongest stuff you can drink.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Love takes a taxi, a young man drives. Ab Eb As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm But tears follow after, at the end of the ride, Eb Bb Ab cause he might never see her again.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Hate gets home lucky to still be alive. Ab Eb He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm The clock in the kitchen says two fifty five, Eb Bb Ab And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Love has been waiting, patient and kind. Ab Eb Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign, Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind, Eb Bb Ab Will make it back safe to her arms.

[Verse] Eb Bb Eb Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door. Ab Eb Weary head hung, eyes to the floor. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm He says "Love, I'm sorry", and she says, "What for? Eb Bb Ab I'm yours and that's it, whatever. Ab Bb Eb Eb/D Cm I should not have been gone for so long. Eb Bb Ab I'm yours and that's it, forever." Eb Bb Ab You're mine and that's it, forever.