Key: G major
Intro 1
E
F#
F#m
B
Bsus4
Cdim
Verse 1
E
B
Come lay
C#m
Bsus4
your head on my heart
E
Bsus4
B
F#
Soon it'll be apart,
Bsus4
Cdim
stay here to the touch of morning
E
B
C#m
B
I'm glad we're leaving as friends
E
A
B
F#
Baby, by the way,
Bsus4
I forgot to say
Verse 2
Bsus4
B
Bm
Can 't we try,
B
C#
F#m
love was never born to say goodbye
Am
Just another helpless fool
C#m
in love is what I am
F#
B
F#
But I don't give a damn,
Bsus4
sorry, I forgot myself
B
Bsus4
B
Cdim
I guess that I'm just not myself
Verse 3
Am
E
B
And I know that we're
C#m
E
not supposed to cry
B
E
F#
Love was supposed to die when
Bsus4
B
people get to know each other
E
B
C#m
E
In case I don't see you again
Bsus4
E
F#
Really wish you well, baby,
B
Bsus4
this is hell
Verse 4
B
Bm
Can't we try,
B
C#
F#m
love was never born to say goodbye
Am
Touch me one more time and make
Cdim
C#m
me feel that I'm alive
F#
An d if we don't survive
Bsus4
At least we'll have a moment here
B
with honest pain and tears
C#m
Then say goodbye,
Verse 5
Cdim
B
A
come lay your head down on my heart
Bbdim
The morning suddenly leads you,
B
E
G#aug
C#m
you know, yet I don't need you
E
We can't go back to yesterday,
A
E
A
Bbdim
go away
Bsus4
God, I wished you'd stay
Bm
Bsus4
Verse 6
Bsus4
B
Bsus4
Can't we try,
Bm
B
C#sus4
C#
F#m
love was never born to say goodbye
Am
Cdim
Touch me one more time and make
C#m
me feel that I'm alive
F#m
F#
C#m
And if we don't survive
E
Bsus4
B
Then we will end like we began
Bsus4
and even though it's over
Verse 7
Bm
Can't we try,
B
C#sus4
C#
F#m
let's go back to yesterday, and I
Am
Cdim
Just another helpless fool
Am
C#m
in love is what I am
F#
But I don't give a damn
C#m
F#
B
Bsus4
B
Bsus4
See, once be fore I set you free,
Verse 8
I just got to hold you close to me
Bm
B
Can't we try, love was never
C#
F#m
born to say good bye
Am
I want you to touch me,
Cdim
touch me one more time
Am
C#m
And make me feel that I'm alive
F#m
F#
E
And if we don't survive
B
Bsus4
B
F#m
Then we can end like we began and
Bsus4
even though it's over
Verse 9
Bm
Can't we try,
B
C#sus4
C#
F#m
let's go back to yesterday, and I
A
F#m
Am
See, I'm just another,
Cdim
B
C#m
just another helpless fool in, in love is what I am
F#
But I don't give a damn
E
Bsus4
See, once before I set you free,
F#m
Bsus4
I got to have you, I got to have you
Verse 10
Bm
Can't we try
B
C#
Love was never born to say goodbye
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