[Intro] G D Am C [Verse 1] G D I remember all them summers Am C Playing till my fingers bled G D You'd sing the songs and I'd sing with you Am C We'd get drunk and go to bed G D Looking back at all them memories Am C Lord I hate to sleep alone G D But if you ever get the notion Am C That you need me let me know [Chorus] G Cause it's just 2 hours to get there, babe D I can make it back about an hour or so Am Hold you close against my skin C I need a little warmth on a night so cold G Singing songs you used to sing D The one about the lady in the long black veil Am Should have seen the warnings signs C But Lord I love to hear you wail G High and lonesome, hard and strong D Even if it was a little out of tune Am Hotter than socks on a Jersey giant C Lord I thought you hung the moon [Interlude] G D Am C [Verse 2] G D I remember all them winters Am C Drinking Woodford till we drowned G D We'd get wind about a party Am C Bundle up and go to town G D Never worry 'bout the police Am C Never worried much at all G D I miss those nights of reckless glory Am C I'd come back if you'd just call [Chorus] G Cause it's just 2 hours to get there, babe D I can make it back about an hour or so Am Hold you close against my skin C I need a little warmth on a night so cold G Singing songs you used to sing D The one about the lady in the long black veil Am Should have seen the warnings signs C But Lord I love to hear you wail G High and lonesome, hard and strong D Even if it was a little out of tune Am Hotter than socks on a Jersey giant C Lord I thought you hung the moon [Interlude] G D Am C [Bridge] Am C I left town when we were over Am C Cause it didn't feel the same Am C Every backroad had a memory Am D D7 Every memory held your name
Capo 4 () = play both chords in the time of one [Intro] C G (Am Am7/G F) C G C [Verse 1] C G Am Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe F C G If'n you don't know by now C G Am An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe D7 G G7 It'll never do somehow C C7 When your rooster crows at the break of dawn F D7 Look out your window and I'll be gone C G Am F You're the reason I'm a-trav'lin' on C G C But don't think twice, it's all right C G Am F C [Verse 2] C G Am And it ain't no use in a-turnin' on your light, babe F C G The light I never knowed C G Am An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe D7 G G7 I'm on the dark side of the road C C7 But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say F D7 To try and make me change my mind and stay C G Am F We never did too much talkin' anyway C G C Don't think twice, it's all right C G Am F C [Verse 3] C G Am No, it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal F C G Like you never done before C G Am And it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal D7 G G7 I can't hear you anymore C C7 I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' walkin' down the road F D7 I once loved a woman, a child I am told C G Am F I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul C G C Don't think twice, it's all right C G Am F C [Verse 4] C G Am So loooooong, honey babe F C G Where I'm bound, I can't tell C G Am But goodbye's too good a word, babe D7 G G7 So I'll just say fare thee well C C7 I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind F D7 You could have done better but I don't mind C G Am F You just kinda wasted my precious time C G C Don't think twice, it's all right [Outro] C G Am F C C G Am D7 G G7 C C7 F D7 C G (C G F) C G C
[Intro] A A A A [Verse 1] A A Bm Bm I lit a thin green candle D D A A to make you jealous of me A A Bm Bm but the room just filled up with mosquitoes D D E E they heard that my body was free F#m F#m C#m C#m Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night D D A A and I put it in your little shoe Bm Bm G G and then I confess that I tortured the dress Bm A G G that you wore for the world to look through [Break] A A A A [Verse 2] A A Bm Bm I showed my heart to the doctor D D A A he said I'd just have to quit A A Bm Bm then he wrote himself a perscription D D E E and your name was mentioned in it F#m F#m C#m C#m Then he locked himself in a library shelf D D A A with the details of our honeymoon Bm Bm and I hear from the nurse G G that he's gotten much worse Bm A G G and his practice is all in a ruin [Break] A A A A [Verse 3] A A Bm Bm I heard of a saint who had loved you D D A A So I studied all night in his school A A Bm Bm he taught that the duty of lovers D D E E is to tarnish the golden rule F#m F#m And just when I was sure C#m C#m that his teachings were pure D D A A he drowned himself in the pool Bm Bm G G his body is gone but back here on the lawn Bm A G G his spirit continues to drool [Break] A A A A [Verse 4] A A Bm Bm An Eskimo showed me a movie D D A A he'd recently taken of you A A Bm Bm the poor man could hardly stop shivering, D D E E his lips and his fingers were blue F#m F#m I suppose that he froze C#m C#m when the wind took your clothes D D A A and I guess he just never got warm Bm Bm G G but you stand there so nice in your blizzard of ice Bm A G G oh, please let me come into the storm [Outro] A A A A