[C] "If this was the [G] Cold War we could [B7] keep each other [Em] warm,"
I said [G] on the first oc [D] casion that I [C] met Marie [G]
We were [C] crawling through the [G] hatch that was the [B7] missile silo [Em] door
And I [G] don't think that she [D] really thought that [C] much of me [G]
I never [Em] had to learn to [G] love her like I [Em] learned to love the [G] bomb
She just [Em] came along and [G] started to ig [D] nore [G/B] me  [C]
But as we [Em] waited for the [G] big one I started [Em] singing her my [G] songs
And I [Em] think she started [G] feeling something [D] for [G/B] me [C]


We [C] passed the time with [G] crosswords that she [B7] thought to bring in [Em] side
"What five [G] letters spell a [D] pocalypse?" she [C] asked me [G]
I [C] won her over [G] saying, "W - [B7] W - ay - yi - [Em] yi"
Oh she [G] smiled and we both [D] knew that she mis [C] judged me [G]
Oh [Em] Marie it was so [G] easy to [Em] fall in love with [G] you
It felt [Em] almost like a [G] home of sorts or [D] some [G/B] thing [C]
And [Em] you would keep the [G] warhead missile [Em] silo good as [G] new
And I'd [Em] watch you with my [G] thumb above the [D] button [G/B] [C]


[C] Then one night you [G] found me in my [B7] army issue [Em] cot
and you [G] told me of your [D] flash of inspir [C] ation [G]
You said, [C] "Fusion was the [G] broken heart that's [B7] lonely's only [Em] thought"
And all night [G] long you drove me [D] wild with your e [C] qua-a [G] tions.
Oh [Em] Marie do you re [G] member all the [Em] time we used to [G] take
   [Em] making love and [G] then ransack the [D] rations [G/B] [C]
when I [Em] think about you [G] leaving now in the [Em] avalanche cas [G] cades
My [Em] eyes get washed a [G] way in chain reac [D] tions [G/B] [C]


Oh [C] Marie if you would [G] stay then we could [B7] stick pins in the [Em] map
Of [G] all the places [D] where you thought that [C] love would be [G] found
But [C] I would only [G] need one pin to [B7] show where my love's [Em] at
In a [G] top secret lo [D] cation 300 [C] feet under the [G] ground
We could [Em] hold each other [G] close and [Em] stay up every [G] night
Looking [Em] up into the [G] dark like it's the [D] night [G/B] sky [C]
Pre [Em] tend this giant [G] missile is an [Em] old oak tree in [G] stead
And [Em] carve your name in [G] hearts into the [D] war [G/B] head [C]


Oh [C] Marie there's something [G] tells me-things just [B7] won't work out a [Em] bove
That our [G] love would live a [D] half-life on the [C] surface [G]
So at [C] night while you are [G] sleeping I hold you [B7] closer just be [Em] cause
As our [G] time grows short I [D] get a little [C] ner-er [G] vous
So I [Em] think about the [G] big one W - [Em] W - Ay - yi - [G] yi
Would we [Em] ever really [G] care the world had [D] ended? [G/B] [C]
You could [Em] hold me here for [G] ever like you're [Em] holding me to [G] night
I think a [Em] bout that great big [G] button and I'm [D] tempted