Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained chords by Mark Erelli

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am  G  C  F  x3
C    G

Verse:
C                     G        C      G
Wish I could say that I didn't know
      Am                        F          G
If we held on too tight or just let it all go
         C                      G           Am
Thinking maybe we'd profit from time spent alone
G       C                         G
Ohh, we must have been crazy back then

Verse:
        Am                   C                 G
And I remember the words you said as you left
             Am                    F          G
"What you've done I could never forgive or forget"
      C                          G          Am     G
But inside I was hoping, despite all your regret
     C                   G          F
That maybe we'd finish as friends

Chorus:
  E                       F
I guess it's all true, you know what they say
          C                G                F
You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away
     E                   F
When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained
    C              G         F
But some things cannot be so easily explained

Verse:
C                        G        C    G
Looking back now it's so easy to see
         Am                          F             G
If I had just stood by you and you'd just stood by me
  C                       G         Am         G
Together we'd weather all life's stormy seas
          C                      G
With each other as a captain and crew

Verse:
         Am                     C                 G
And with all of that time we've invested in love
               Am                          F           G
You might have thought we could rise above all of this stuff
            C                    G       Am      G
But what we got in return wasn't nearly enough
   C                        G       F
To keep us from singing the blues

Chorus:
  E                       F
I guess it's all true, you know what they say
          C                G                F
You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away
     E                   F
When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained
    C              G         F
But some things cannot be so easily explained

Verse:
         C                            G         C     G
They say all wounds are healed by the graces of time
         Am               F        G
And that lonely is only a state of mind
        C                           G         Am      G
Still I wish you were walking right here by my side
               C              F
To have and to hold 'till the day that I die

Chorus:
  E                       F
I guess it's all true, you know what they say
              C             G             F
Sometimes the best thing to do is just to walk away
     E                   F
When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained
    C              G         F
But some things cannot be so easily explained

Outro:
Am  G  C  F  x3
C    G    Am