Chords with lyrics
Riff
e|--10---------------------------12---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------10-10-12----------------------10-10-12------------------------------12-12-10-12-10------|
G+G|-----------------12-9--------------------------12-9---------12-9----9----12----------------12---|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------12-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro: G+G B7B7 C majorC D7D7 *2
or
Riff *2
Verse
G+G
Well I'm gone again, give them my best
B7B7
I'll float my wishes to the west
C majorC D7D7 G+G
When I come home, it'll all be fine
G+G
But it's the way it goes and ain't it so
B7B7
The fastest one to let it go
C majorC D7D7 G+G
Always out of sight and out of mind
G+G B7B7 C majorC D7D7
or
Riff *2
G+G
Now the coins go tumblin' through the cracks
B7B7
There aint no way she's ever gonna get them back
C majorC D7D7 G+G
And the tears come hard like the cold November rain
G+G
And it's safe to say that we both know
B7B7
That I don't really have to say I told you so
C majorC D7D7 G+G
Cause if I did, I'd have to again and again and again
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7
But with tattered wings
G+G G#dim7G#dim7
Staggering against the wind
A minorAm G+G
It's so damn hard to fly
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7
But that old bird
G+G G#dim7G#dim7
Never understood a word
A minorAm Bbdim7Bbdim7 B7B7
Of taking flight alone without a plan
D7D7 G+G
I'll be there when she lands
G+G B7B7 C majorC D7D7
or
Riff *2
Verse
G+G
Now the struggles on and it won't be long
B7B7
Til winter's clutch is holdin' strong
C majorC D7D7 G+G
And I do believe it won't soon be letting go
G+G
So bid farewell to the ones you knew
B7B7
Like a drunk old sinner born a-new
C majorC D7D7 G+G
And say hello to the sweeping winds of change
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7
Yeah, speed it up my friend
G+G G#dim7G#dim7
The sooner you're caught, then the sooner you'll mend
A minorAm G+G
And your wounds will heal in time
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7 G+G G#dim7G#dim7
It takes one to know one
A minorAm Bbdim7Bbdim7
Now you should know that by now
B7B7
Don't you feel bad?
D7D7 G+G
It's all you ever had
Bridge
E minorEm A minorAm
And though I really can't believe the things that I have seen
D7D7 G+G
It puts my feet back on the ground where yours probably should have been
C majorC C#7C#7 B7B7 D7D7 G+G
All along, throughout the song, three Manhattans and we can't move along
G+G B7B7 C majorC D7D7
or
Riff *2
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7
Let's skip ahead some years
G+G G#dim7G#dim7
The dust has settled and the smoke has cleared
A minorAm G+G
And all is well and fine
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7
There's no thunder or lightning
G+G G#dim7G#dim7
The water's warm and the fish are biting
A minorAm Bbdim7Bbdim7 B7B7
There's no bumps in the road that I can see
D7D7 G+G
Smooth sailing on the sea