xStandard tuning
capo 3rd fret
[Chords]
C/G 3x2013
G 320003
D/F# 200232
D7/F# 20021(2)
(The C/G G at most of the line endings is played like the figure at the beginning of the intro.)
[Intro]
(same picking pattern throughout):
C/G G C/G g G C/G
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
B|-----1------(0)--|-----1------(0)--|-----0-----------|-----------------|
G|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D|-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------2---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
G C/G G C/G G C/G G
| . . . | . . . | . . . | . . .
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0h1----(0)------------------|-----1------(0)------1------(0)--|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0h2-----0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------2-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G
| . . . | . . .
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
If today...
[Verse]
G C/G G C/G G
If today was not an endless highway, *)
G C/G G
If tonight was not a crooked trail,
C/G D/F# C/G G
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time,
C/G D/F# C/G G
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.
C/G D/F# C/G G
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
C/G D/F# C/G G
if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
C/G D/F# C/G G
Yes, and only if she was lyin' by me,
C/G . . . D7/F# . . . C/G G C/G G C/G G G
I'd lie in my bed once again.
[Verse]
I can't see my reflection in the waters,
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
Or can't remember the sound of my own name.
[Chorus]
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
[Verse]
There's beauty in the silver, singin' river,
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky,
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes.
[Chorus]
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
