The Wanting chords by J Roddy Walston And The Business

No Capo

Chords between () are only notes.

Intro:
(D)

D   Dsus2 Dsus4  D Dsus2 D
D   Dsus2 Dsus4  D Dsus2 D

Verse 1:
D          Dsus2 Dsus4
 Don’t sell the farm

 yet, believe in me
D             Dsus2  Dsus4   D Dsus2 D
 Don’t break the branches off the family tree
D            Dsus2 Dsus4
 I’m made of good wood,
           D Dsus2 D
 bend but don’t break
D           Dsus2   Dsus4 D Dsus2
 There’s only some much middle sons can take

Pre-Chorus:
G
 My mechanics of coping
D
 Alcohol, melatonin
G                 D
 Ain’t enough to get you out of my life
G
 You can grab, you can hold it
D
 But you’re gonna let go when
G                 A
 Everything about it just ain’t right
   A7    D5
 So we’re just

Chorus:
            G5
 Dead fields sown in pain
            D5
 I’m the last of your name
      B5       G5           D5
 I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
              G5
 Hard hearts, soft on the past
            D5            G5
 Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
        F#5       G5
 You’re the one thing that I want
      A5         D5
 And the wanting’s all I’ll have

Verse 2:
D          Dsus2 Dsus4
 There are some deeds
           D Dsus2 D
 that can’t be undid
D            Dsus2  Dsus4     D Dsus2 D
 There are some moral slopes that can’t be unslid
D            Dsus2 Dsus4
 Did you do right by us?
          D Dsus2 D
 Best it could be
D             Dsus2    Dsus4    D Dsus2
 You’ve done no harm but you’ve been no good to me

Pre-Chorus:
G
 You only think you’re at home when
D
 You’re out and making atonement
G                 D
 Someday you got to make up your own mind
G
 You’re never gonna get free of
D
 The way you left me to need love
G                 A
 I returned the pain you paid us in kind
   A7    D5
 So we’re just

Chorus:
            G5
 Dead fields sown in pain
            D5
 I’m the last of your name
      B5       G5           D5
 I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
              G5
 Hard hearts, soft on the past
            D5            G5
 Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
        F#5       G5
 You’re the one thing that I want
      A5         D5
 And the wanting’s all I’ll have

Bridge:
G
 Upon the mount there was a sermon
                D
 And then there was a lesson learned
G
 If I can only touch in third person
 G            D
 Is this cause to be concerned
A
 I want to know if the passing’s complete
   G         D
 And if it was a clean divide
A
 Is this your body
    A
 Is this where you’ll sleep
       G
 I want to love you
             A           A7
 I want to tell you but I can’t change my mind

Chorus:
  D5          G5
 Dead fields sown in pain
            D5
 I’m the last of your name
      B5       G5           D5
 I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
              G5
 Hard hearts, soft on the past
            D5            G5
 Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
        F#5       G5
 You’re the one thing that I want
      A5         D5
 And the wanting’s all I’ll have

Outro:
      F#5        G5
 And the wanting’s all I’ll have
      A5         D