Chords with lyrics
Intro:
F#F# BB F#F# D#mD#m G#G# C#C# F#F# BB B minorBm D#mD#m BbmBbm G#G# F#F# F7F7
Verse:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Even if I knew which way the wind was blowing
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Even if I knew this road would lead me home
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Even if I knew for once where I was going
C minorCm G minorGm Eb MajorEb
I'm lost out here without you
Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb
Rocking the baby by that window there
C#C# Eb MajorEb G#G#
Planting tomatoes in the yard
BB C#C# F#F#
Naked by the mirror putting up your hair
E MajorE Bsus4Bsus4
Baby, it's hard
G minorGm Eb MajorEb DmDm Gsus4Gsus4
When the kids came to see you for the last time
C minorCm
I told them not to bring the children
G minorGm
The husbands, or the wife
D MajorD D7D7 G minorGm
I said, "Just the blood this time. Just the blood."
D MajorD
They asked to be alone with you
Eb MajorEb D7D7
So I left them alone, but I didn't go far
Verse:
G minorGm Gm7Gm7
They said, “Has he been drinking again?
Eb MajorEb Ebsus2Ebsus2
He stumbled out the door
G minorGm Gm7Gm7
He can't take care of himself, Mama
Eb MajorEb Ebsus2Ebsus2
We can't do this anymore.”
G minorGm
You said, “Hush up, children
Eb MajorEb
Let me breathe
DmDm G+G Gsus4Gsus4
I've been listening to you all your life
Csus4Csus4
Are they hungry, are they sick?
G minorGm
What is it they need?
A minorAm D7D7 G minorGm
Now it's your turn to listen to me
G minorGm DmDm
“I was young when we met
FF Eb MajorEb
And afraid of the world
Bb majorBb
Now it's he who's afraid
Gm/D D7D7
And I'm leaving
Verse:
Eb MajorEb A augmentedA D MajorD
“Make sure he sleeps in his bed at night
C#C# G+G C majorC
Don't let him sleep in that chair
Bb majorBb E MajorE A augmentedA
If he holds out his hand to you, hold it tight
G+G
If that makes you uncomfortable
G+G
Or if it embarrasses you
F#F#
I don't care.”
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Even if I knew which way the wind was blowing
Bb majorBb G minorGm FF
Even if I knew this road would lead me home
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Even if I knew for once where I was going
C minorCm G minorGm
I'm lost out here
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 C minorCm
Baby, I'm lost out here
Cm7Cm7 Gm7Gm7 Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I'm lost out here without you