Chords with lyrics
Key: Eb MajorEb
Tuning: Standard C majorC
Main Riff for Intro
Verse
Outro (this picking pattern continues through the verse).
Eb(add11)
C majorC|---------------|
G+G|---------0------|
Eb MajorEb|---------5------|
Bb majorBb|----------------|
FF|--/5------------|
C majorC|------3---------|
Middle Lick for Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
C majorC|---------------|
G+G|---------------|
Eb MajorEb|------0--------|
Bb majorBb|--0h2---2p0----|
FF|---------------|
C majorC|------------3--|
Intro:
Eb(add11)
Verse 1:
Eb(add11)
Once your girl
I'm always your girl
Eb(add11)
When I’m here or when I’m there
Eb(add11)
Or on a plane headed somewhere
Eb(add11)
You were staring down the cars, hoping it would be one of ours
AbAb
Children and grandchildren writing you cards
G minorGm Fm9Fm9
But how long were you waiting for me
Bb7Bb7 Eb(add11)
To make a left down your street?
Chorus 1:
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
It’s not if, darling, it’s when
Cm9Cm9
Was there something left unsaid?
F/CF/C
Were your eyes green, were they blue?
Bb7Bb7 F/CF/C
What was it that I forgot to ask you?
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
Busy hands
I’ll set ‘em down
Cm9Cm9
To say I love you right out loud
F/CF/C
I’ll bet you’rе making heaven laugh
Bb7sus4Bb7sus4 Bb7Bb7 Bb7sus2 Bb7Bb7 F/CF/C Eb(add11)
But it feels like tеars and memories are all we have
Verse 2:
Eb(add11)
Once I knew it
I was always a know-it-all
Eb(add11)
Too busy, too stressed out to take your call
Eb(add11)
Thought I would always find you there, sitting in your TV chair
AbAb
While time is in a bar having a laugh somewhere
G minorGm Fm9Fm9
The nurse said you were waiting for me
Bb7Bb7 Eb(add11)
To let go, to let it be
Chorus 2:
Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
It’s not if, darling, it’s when
Cm9Cm9
Was there something left unsaid?
F/CF/C
Were your eyes green, were they blue?
Bb7Bb7 F/CF/C
What was it that I forgot to ask you?
Eb MajorEb
Busy hands
I’ll set ‘em down
Cm9Cm9
To say I love you here and now
F/CF/C
Did God need a new lead in his band?
Bb7sus4Bb7sus4 Bb7Bb7 Bb7sus2 Bb7Bb7 F/CF/C Eb(add11)
When this world and its people are all we have
Outro:
Eb(add11)
Once your girl
I’m always your girl
Chord instructions:
Eb(add11): 3-5-0-5-0-X
Ab: 8-X-10-9-X-X
Gm: 7-9-9-7-7-7
Fm9: 5-7-X-5-0-X
Bb7: X-X-0-2-1-2
Eb: 3-X-0-0-0-3
Eb/D: 2-X-0-0-0-X
Cm9: 0-2-X-0-0-2
F/C: 3-3-2-0-1-0
Bb7sus4: X-X-0-2-1-2
Bb7sus2: X-X-0-2-1-0
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| b Bend
| / Slide up
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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