Key: E major
Verse 1
D
C
D
Mem'ries of you smile
Em
roll 'cross my mind
G
A
Memories I thought I'd left behind
D
Bm
F#m
C
And as I hear that big jet engine whine
G
C
I close my eyes and make believe
F
You're here with me
G
And I can almost feel you here beside me
D
Feel your gentle hands to guide me
Em
You make me feel like a man
F
at all times
D
C
Verse 2
D
Now I know there were things
Em
I could have said
G
A
D
To make you feel secure but instead
Bm
F#m
C
I must admit I played my part so well
G
C
You could never tell that I needed you
F
And I wanted you
G
Now why can't we learn
to talk to each other
D
And open ourselves to one another
Em
F
Why must it be so lonely together
D
Interlude 1
C
D
G
D
Em
F
D
C
Verse 3
D
Lord a quarter of my life has
Em
come and passed
G
And I'm beginning
A
D
to know myself at last
Bsus4
F#m
For being cool ain't worth
F#sus4
C
the time I spend
G
C
To show my friends that I'm cool
F
And I'm no one's fool
G
But don't you see that's not the real me
D
If you leave it'll almost kill me
Em
And I'd be like a song
without some soul
F
Verse 4
D
For how can you say you've really lived
C
Unless one time in your life
Bb
you give all of yourself
C
D
C
And there's nothing in return?
D
C
D
D
Lord yeah yeah yeah
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