[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