Tab taken from another site Chord Shapes: [Am/G]=(3,0,2,2,1,0) [D/F#]=(2,0,0,2,3,2) Intro: G [C] [G] [D/F#] Where the [G] earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone, And the [D/F#] sea and sky are one, I'm [Am] all out of time, my [C] blood sings with wine, And I'm [D/F#] running naked in the sun; There's [G] God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees, And the [D/F#] sky is a painful blue; I'd [Am] like to look around, but, [C] honey, all I [D/F#] see is [G] you. Well, the [G] summer city lights will soften the night Till you [D] think that the air is clear, I'm [Am] sitting with friends where [C] forty-five cents Will [D] buy another glass of beer; He's got some-[G] thing to say, but I'm so far away That I [D] don't know who I'm talking to, 'Cause [Am] you just walked in the door, and, [C] honey, all I [D] see is [G] you. Intro to chorus: [G] [C] [G] [D/F#] Chorus: And I [C] just want to hold you closer than, I've ever [G] held any-[C] one be-[G] fore; You say you've [C] been twice a wife and [G] you're through with life, Ah, but, [Am] honey, what the [Am/G] hell's it [D/F#] for? After [C] twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way [G] To let you [C] know, some-[G] how, I [Am] just want to see your [Am/G] smiling face [D/F#] Forty-five years from [G] now. Well, alone in the lights on stage every night, I've been reac-[D/F#] hing out to find a friend Who [Am] knows all the words [C] and sings so she's heard, And [D/F#] knows how all the stories end; Maybe, [G] after the show she'll ask me To go home [D/F#] with her for a drink or two; Now her [Am] smile lights her eyes, but, [C] honey, all I [D/F#] see is [G] you. Intro to chorus: [G] [C] [G] [D/F#] Chorus: And I [C] just want to hold you closer than, I've ever [G] held any-[C] one be-[G] fore; You say you've [C] been twice a wife and [G] you're through with life, Ah, but, [Am] honey, what the [Am/G] hell's it [D/F#] for? After [C] twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way [G] To let you [C] know, some-[G] how, I [Am] just want to see your [Am/G] smiling face [D/F#] Forty-five years from [G] now. Intro to chorus: [G] [C] [G] [D/F#] Chorus: And I [C] just want to hold you closer than, I've ever [G] held any-[C] one be-[G] fore; You say you've [C] been twice a wife and [G] you're through with life, Ah, but, [Am] honey, what the [Am/G] hell's it [D/F#] for? After [C] twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way [G] To let you [C] know, some-[G] how, I [Am] just want to see your [Am/G] smiling face [D/F#] Forty-five years from [G] now.
