Bedtime chords by Gordon Downie

Part 1:

F
   I held you
Cm7/E
   I rocked you to sleep
C                     Dm7
   It'd take a long time but eventually you'd go

F
   And I'd try to get out
Cm7/E
   Of the rocking chair
C                    Dm7
   With you in my arms

F
  I'd get you to your crib
Cm7/E
  Slowly lower you down
C                        Dm7
  Then pull my hands away, as if from a bomb


Part 2:

Fadd9
  Then I'd step away
C
  One step at a time
G                          Am7
  The floors were full of sounds, all the creaks for time

Fadd9
  Then I'd get to the door
C
  Open it carefully
G                         Am
  Tryin' back out of the room so quietly

Cm7/E  C  Dm7

F
  When I got to the door
Cm7/E
  Closed to within an inch
C
  That's when you'd come awake
Dm7                   Fadd9
  As if you'd been watchin' me


  Watching me the whole time
C
  As if you waited to see
G               Am7
  If I truly intended, just to let you be

Fadd9
  Just to leave
C
  Just to leave you alone
G                      F
  Just to leave you alone


Part 3:

F
  How you would cry
F
  And I'd come back
F                  C
  Yeah, I'd come back

                F
  And lift you up
             C
  Sit back down with you
                   F
  Try to start all over again
             C
  Start slowly rocking again
             F             C
  Start all over again, ah-ha

                  F
  We'd start all over again
            F
  I'd come back
            F
  Lift you up
             F
  Start all over again