Key: G
Introduction: A
G/D
A
Em
A
G
We set by ourselves, still looking for company
A
G
There could have been peace, but that eluded me
F#m
D
All I could think of, was what was on your mind
F#m
You tried to be kind,
Bm
F#m
but I blocked your feelings.
Em
F#m
Bm
F#m
Now, senses still reeling, you sit in your quiet room
Em
E
and cry.
A
F#m
B
You tried
G
A
F#m
B
to make me one,
G
A
F#m
B
but I always hide
G
A
when there's
G
A
G
a glimpse of sun.
A
G
Running along in sunlight meadows
F#m
D
through fluttering lashes, I watched you watching me.
F#m
I tried to be true
Bm
F#m
Em
F#m
to the way that you thought I ought to be
Bm
F#m
but, in spite of all my efforts,
Em
E
I failed.
A
F#m
B
G
A
F#m
B
I tried to make you see
G
A
F#m
B
but your eyes were blind
G
A
G
A
G
to all but the bad in me.
D
A
G
D
A
G
What do you think I mean
D
A
G
when I say that I need you?
D
A
G
How am I supposed to seem
D
A
G
when we hit another problem and the answers
are all torn from my book?
D
A
G
D
A
G
A
G
Our lives are on paths we just can't control;
A
G
we can grow closer as we get old....
F#m
D
Can you imagine us as we adjust?
F#m
Can you imagine us
Bm
F#m
getting near eighty;
Em
F#m
Bm
F#m
we live more sedately, still hoping our dreams will
Em
E
come true?
A
F#m
B
G
A
F#m
B
G
We'll try to be secure....
A
F#m
B
G
But I'm of uncertain mind
A
G
A
and how can I be sure?
G
A
how can I be sure?
G
how can I be sure?