Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G A7A7 D MajorD
Verse 1:
N.C. G+G
It's hard to watch you look away from me
D MajorD
though I know I'm not to blame.
A7A7
The rivers thawed but you're still frozen,
D MajorD D7D7
the words I write to you are still the same.
G+G
Why do you always get to be the child?
D MajorD
We all want to play those foolish games.
A7A7
I've watched the time melt on by now,
D MajorD D7D7
dripping down on me again
Chorus:
G+G
I may as well have been a winding road.
D MajorD
You walked all on me just the same.
E7E7
Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls
A augmentedA A7A7
I didn't know it was just a game.
N.C. G+G
Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls
A augmentedA D MajorD D7D7
I didn't know it was just a game.
Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD D7D7
G+G D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD D7D7
Verse 2:
N.C. G+G
I hate the way you always make me feel.
D MajorD
Well I hate feeling at all.
A7A7
You act as if you got the best of me,
D MajorD D7D7
but we both know you're acting small.
G+G
Why do you always get to be the child?
D MajorD
Your mama brought you up that way.
A7A7
But I was raised to turn the other cheek
D MajorD D7D7
and now all I'm left with is my own shame.
Chorus:
G+G
I may as well have been a winding road.
D MajorD
You walked all on me just the same.
E7E7
Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls
A augmentedA A7A7
I didn't know it was just a game.
N.C. G+G
Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls
A augmentedA D MajorD D7D7
I didn't know it was just a game.
Chorus:
G+G N.C.
I may as well have been a winding road.
D MajorD
You walked all on me just the same.
E7E7
Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls
A augmentedA A7A7
I didn't know it was just a game.
N.C. G+G
Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls
A augmentedA D MajorD
I didn't know it was just a game.
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD