Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
Verse 1:
D MajorD
It's been seven years since I last saw you
G+G D MajorD
And I wish it were seven more
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Knew you for two, and by the end of the first
B minorBm
Well, the writing was on the wall
G+G D MajorD
I saw a change when you started giving time
A augmentedA B minorBm
To the girl I gave my heart to
G+G D MajorD
Never confessed it at the time
A augmentedA D MajorD
But to tell you the truth, I was sweet on you
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Sweet on you, I was sweet on you
A augmentedA B minorBm
Lord knows I was sweet on you
G+G D MajorD
Never confessed it at the time
A augmentedA D MajorD
But to tell you the truth, I was sweet on you
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Now, to take each person in isolation
G+G D MajorD
Is to take the?parts?you?less?full
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Let loose together, you bred stormy weather
B minorBm
Though you'd laugh to try and pull the wool
G+G D MajorD
Why do you feed each other's darkness?
A augmentedA B minorBm
Why do you drink to hide the blues?
G+G D MajorD
In the night I think you're trouble
A augmentedA D MajorD
In the day I'm sweet on you
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Sweet on you, I was sweet on you
A augmentedA B minorBm
Lord knows I was sweet on you
G+G D MajorD
Never confessed it at the time
A augmentedA D MajorD
But to tell you the truth, I was sweet on you
Interlude:
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Oh, your mother always treated me kindly
G+G D MajorD
She carried a sparkle in her eyes
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Yours were the same, but I hear now
B minorBm
They just tell of the stormy skies
G+G D MajorD
Oh, and I wonder if she finds peace now?
A augmentedA B minorBm
Whether you still put the colour in her cheeks?
G+G D MajorD
Whether you moved home? I'll bet you didn't
A augmentedA D MajorD
Whatever the weather be like in the peaks
Bridge:
A augmentedA
We'd gather 'round the kitchen table
G+G D MajorD
Ry Cooder on the stereo
A augmentedA
We'd sing along if we were able
G+G D MajorD
Little system, not even my own
A augmentedA
But you never once sang with us
B minorBm
You'd just retire to your room
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Oh, and if you don't like Ry Cooder
A augmentedA B minorBm
How could I ever be sweet on you?
G+G D MajorD
If you don't like Ry Cooder
A augmentedA D MajorD
How could I ever be sweet on you?
Chorus:
N.C.
Sweet on you, I was sweet on you
N.C.
Lord knows I was sweet on you
N.C.
YOu didn't like uban women
N.C.
You never liked words that told the truth
Outro:
G+G D MajorD
Shame on you, shame on you
A augmentedA B minorBm
With your charred house and your tabloid news
G+G D MajorD
If I had a choice between you and your mother
A augmentedA B minorBm
I know which one I'd choose
G+G D MajorD
Oh, if I had a choice between you and your mother
A augmentedA D MajorD
I know which one I'd choose