Verse 1:
Dm Dm/C# Dm/C Dm/B
You know better babe
You know better babe
Gm
Than to look at
Gm
Look at it like that
Dm Dm/C#
You know better babe
Dm/C Dm/C
You know better babe
Gm
Than to talk to it
Gm
Talk to it like that
Bb
Don't give it a hand
Dm
Offer it a soul
D (knocking)
Honey make this easy
B
Leave it to the land
Dm
This is what it knows
D
Honey, that's how it sleeps
Chorus:
Am
Don't let it in with no intention to keep it
Gm Gm Gm Gm/F/Gm
Jesus Christ don't be kind to it
Gm
Honey don't feed it
Dm
It will come back
Verse 2:
You know better babe
You know better babe
Than to smile at me
Smile at me like that
You know better babe
You know better babe
Than to hold me just
Hold me just like that
I know who I Am when I'm alone
Something else when I see you
You don't understand
You should never know
How easy you are to need
Don't let me in with no intention to keep me
Jesus Christ don't be kind to me
Honey don't feed me
I will come back
D (knocking)
It can't be unlearned
D (knocking)
I've known the warmth of your doorway
D D
Through the cold I'll find my way back to you
Gm Gm Gm Gm F Gm Dm
Oh please, give me mercy no more
Gm Gm Gm Gm F Gm Dm
That's a kindness you can't afford
Am Am Am Am
I want you baby tonight as sure as you're born
Am Gm Fm Em Dm
You'll hear me howling outside your door
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Don't you hear me howlin' babe?
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Don't you hear me howlin' babe?
Don't you hear me howlin' babe?
Don't you hear me howlin?
Don't you hear me howlin?
Don't you hear me howlin' babe?