Splitting Wood chords by Claire Guerreso

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A D A
A F#m A


Verse 1:
A                  D         A
Loving you is like splitting wood
A                              F#m  A
I’d tell you all about it if I only could
A                                 D         A
There’s this light in you that I sometimes see
A                              F#m      A
But I feel so cold when you’re next to me

Chorus 1:
E      D     A

F#m    D     A

E      D     A

F#m    D     A      D A


Verse 2:
A                             D         A
They say you hold on tight to something good
A                          F#m      A
But my hands are tired and misunderstood
A                          D         A
Lying next to you how the time slips by
A                          F#m      A
When my heart is wandering in the pines


Chorus 2:
E                 D       A
Oh lover, can you ease my mind?
      F#m                    D       A
Cause these troubles make me feel so tired
E                             D     A
And oh, if I don’t love you like I should
           F#m                D         A
It’s cause loving you is like splitting wood
     D         A          D         A
like splitting wood, like splitting wood


Verse 3:
A                               D         A
Like the lonely silence of the falling snow
A                                     F#m  A
There’s so much about me that you’ll never know
A                                   D      A
I want to know your hands like the back of mine
A                           F#m   A
Your darkest woods and your timberlines


Chorus 2:
E                 D       A
Oh lover, can you ease my mind?
      F#m                    D       A
Cause these troubles make me feel so tired
E                           D       A
And oh, if I don’t love you like I should
           F#m                D         A
It’s cause loving you is like splitting wood


Chorus 1:
E      D     A

F#m    D     A

E      D     A
Oooooo ooooo oooo

F#m    D     A


Chorus 2:
E                 D       A
Oh lover, can you ease my mind?
      F#m                    D       A
Cause these troubles make me feel so tired
E                             D     A
And oh, if I don’t love you like I should
           F#m                D         A
It’s cause loving you is like splitting wood


Outro:
E                 D       A
Oh lover, can you ease my mind?
      F#m                    D       A
Cause these troubles make me feel so tired
E                             D     A
And oh, if I don’t love you like I should
           F#m           D        A
It’s cause loving you it hurts so good
     D         A          D         A          D         A
like splitting wood, like splitting wood, like splitting wood