Things Only Years Can Teach A Woman chords by Kayla Ray

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Key: FF

*note Song is mainly in FF but walks up to Bb majorBb and back down again throughout song.

Intro:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 1:
D MajorD             A augmentedA
Let me lie my head on your chest for just a little while
        G+G             D MajorD    D MajorD
It ain’t wrong, see I’ve been gone now for so long
               A augmentedA      A augmentedA
It wasn’t you who made me have to run away
G+G           D MajorD           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD
It’s the sickness that I know pervades your mind

Verse 2:
D MajorD               A augmentedA
I didn’t wanna leave, my nights have been lonely darlin’
          G+G             D MajorD
But I couldn’t sit back and watch you burn us both alive
F# minorF#m                 B minorBm  B minorBm
Some folks said I should have known better
     E minorEm            G+G    A augmentedA
But those folks are better off not knowin’ the cost

Chorus:
A augmentedA     C majorC      G+G       D MajorD       D MajorD
There are things that only years can teach a woman
       C majorC   B minorBm  G+G          D MajorD  D MajorD
Like how she knows each time her man’s done wrong
     C majorC     G+G        D MajorD    D MajorD
When 1 or 2 with the boys lasts ‘til morning
     C majorC          G+G          D MajorD  D MajorD
Or how he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known

Refrain:
D MajorD   C majorC    G+G        F# minorF#m      D MajorD
Oh he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known

Instrumental:
D MajorD C majorC G+G F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 3:
D MajorD       A augmentedA         A augmentedA
I feel as if I failed you darlin’
  G+G           D MajorD       A augmentedA E minorEm D MajorD
I’m guilty
I left you all alone to fight
               A augmentedA  A augmentedA
Your vices are stronger than I am
        G+G                 D MajorD       D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm D MajorD
You’d reach to them, and I’d just reached out to kill the light

Verse 4:
D MajorD              A augmentedA          A augmentedA
Harder still is that fate’s come callin’ darlin’
 D MajorD       G+G                D MajorD    D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
I never dreamed when I promised you forever that I’d lie
                    B minorBm  B minorBm
I’m sure folks said you should’ve known better
     E minorEm            G+G    A augmentedA
But those folks are better off not knowing the cost

Chorus:
A augmentedA     C majorC      B minorBm  G+G         D MajorD  D MajorD
There are things that only years can teach a woman
     C majorC     B minorBm  G+G          D MajorD   D MajorD
Like how she knows each time her man’s done wrong
     C majorC G+G            D MajorD   D MajorD
When 1 or 2 with the boys lasts ‘til morning
     C majorC    G+G             D MajorD     D MajorD
Or how he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known

Refrain:
C majorC           G+G         D MajorD     D MajorD
Oh he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known

Outro:
C majorC             G+G       F# minorF#m  D MajorD
See there are things that only years can teach a woman