C        Am
Hyacinth lightning virgin
G                 F
Breathing in your ear
C               Am
She says you've gone and hurt her
           G               F
Turned her pure-white body clear
C                   Am
Shiver through the open window
G                     F
The streetcars rumble by
C                 Am
You long for your winter lady
         G                F
Not this stranger by your side
         G                F
Not this stranger by your side

[Instrumental]
C Am G F
C Am G F

[Verse]
C               Am
The morning air does compel you
   G                     F
To float down the spiral stairs
C            Am
Spanish-blue stockings yawning
        G            F
And the ashes in the air
C               Am
Oh Captain, you ask yourself
G                 F
I miss her of the raven hair
C               Am
What future did you behold
         G                  F
When you stole me away from there
         G                    F
When you stole me away from there 

[Verse] 
C          Am
She of the bloom and frost
   G                  F
Of cucumber and olive oil 
C          Am
She of the spring I've lost
G                         F
To the song of the nightingale
C                           Am
Well, the penitent man will be forgiven
        G                  F
But the black-hearted will rot
C                  Am
So oh golden king forgive me
        G             F
For not being what I'm not
        G             F
For not being what I'm not 

[Instrumental]
C Am G F
C Am G F

[Verse]
C                Am
The captain says he won't answer
         G                   F
From his throne of light and pearls
C               Am
Your grotesque, shrouded body
         G              F
That you loathe and you love
C                        Am
Is just an accident only you can bear
G                       F
You're invisible and as wild as the sea
C                     Am
And you hurt what you hold most dear

[Outro] 
           G                    F
You're the traitor, and you are me
           G                    F
You're the traitor, and you are me
           G                    F
You're the traitor, and you are me
           G                 F
You're the traitor, and I am thee
C Am G F
C Am G F