I Can't Change The Ryhme chords by Chris Jones And The Night Drivers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
E D C#m

Verse 1:
E                                A               E
This was once a simple love song starting out so sweet
                      A                     E
Then somewhere in the middle I came up incomplete
                          A                   C
The fleeting nature of forever, a conditional pledge
D                   E
Now I find it was a gamble without a lover’s hedge

Verse 2:
E                                A            E
I let the words sink in and they sort of made sense
                            A                      E
She’d had different ways to tell me she was on the fence
                           A                            C
Now it’s something like acceptance but it’s never quite real
D                       E
I still feel her in the background not allowing me to heal

Chorus:
A            B                 A               B
Wind blowing off the lake as I try to clear my head
E                A            E                 B
Reaching for the answers with questions there instead
A                      E             C#m      B         A
(and I’ll) Rewrite the ending try to bend the space and time
    E                  A        B       A          E
And I might change the tune but I can’t change the rhyme

Instrumental:
E D C#m  E D C#m

Verse 3:
E                               A                E
So I planned to turn the corner I’m not a hanger on
                           A                      E
Still I hear the whispered question is she really gone?
                       A        B                          C
Now I’m staring at the darkness but there’s still a little light
D                    E                B        E
Breaking through the sadness it won’t leave my sight

Chorus:
A            B                 A               B
Wind blowing off the lake as I try to clear my head
E                A            E                 B
Reaching for the answers with questions there instead
A                      E             C#m      B         A
(and I’ll) Rewrite the ending try to bend the space and time
    E                  A        B       A          E
And I might change the tune but I can’t change the rhyme

Instrumental:
A  B  A  B  E  A  E  B

A                      E             C#m      B         A
(and I’ll) Rewrite the ending try to bend the space and time
    E                  A        B       A          E
And I might change the tune but I can’t change the rhyme

Outro:
E  D  C#m  E  D  C#m  A  E