Intro: [Am] xxxx , [C] xxx , [D] xxx , [Am] xxxx , [C] xxx , [D] xxx
[Am] xxxx After school, [C] xxx walkin home
[D]Freshx dirt under my fingernails and
[Am] xxxx I can smell [C] xxx hot asphalt
[D] xxx Cars screech to a halt to let me pass
[Am] xxxx And I can[C]notx remember
[D] xxx What life was like through photographs
[Am] xxxx And trying [C] tox recreate images life gives us from the past
[Am] xxxx [C] xxx
And sometimes its a[D] sadx song. But I
[CHORUS]
[F] xxx Cannot for[C]get,x refuse to re[Am]gretx
So glad I[G] metx you and
[F] xxx Take my breath a[C]wayx
Make every[Am]dayx
Worth all of the[G] painx that I've gone through
[F] xxx And mama, I've been cryin'
Cause[Am] thingsx ain't how they used [G] xxx to be
She said, 'The[F] battle'sx almost won
And we're[Ddim] onlyxx several mi-[E]lesx from the sun [Am] xxxx .' [C] xxx
O-wo-[D]ho-o-o-o-o- x [Am]oh,x yeah [C] xxx [D] xxx
[VERSE]
And I'm[Am] xxxx movin on, [C] xxx down my street
[D] xxx I see people I won't ever meet
[Am] xxxx I think of her, take a breath
[D] xxx Feel the beat in the rhythm of my [Am] stepsx
[Am] xxxx [C] xxx
And sometimes its a[D] sadx song. But I
[CHORUS]
[F] xxx Cannot for[C]get,x refuse to re[Am]gretx
So glad I[G] metx you and
[F] xxx Take my breath a[C]wayx
Make every[Am]dayx
Worth all of the[G] painx that I've gone through
[F] xxx And mama, I've been cryin'
Cause[Am] thingsx ain't how they used [G] xxx to be
She said, 'The[F] battle'sx almost won
And we're[Ddim] onlyxx several mi-[E]lesx from the sun [Am] xxxx .' [C] xxx
[BRIDGE]
[Am] xxxx Rhythm of the conversation
[E7] xxxx The perfection of her creation
[Am] xxxx The sex she slipped into my coffee
[E7] xxxx The way she felt when she first saw me
[Am] xxxx Hate to love and love to hate her
[E7] xxxx Like a broken record player
[Am] xxxx Back and forth and here and gone
and[E7] onxx and on and on and on!
[CHORUS]
[F] xxx Cannot for[C]get,x refuse to re[Am]gretx
So glad I[G] metx you and
[F] xxx Take my breath a[C]wayx
Make every[Am]dayx
Worth all of the[G] painx that I've gone through
[F] xxx And mama, I've been cryin'
Cause[Am] thingsx ain't how they used [G] xxx to be
She said, 'The[F] battle'sx almost won
And we're[Ddim] onlyxx several mi-[E]i-i-ilesx
Said, 'The[F] battle'sx almost won
And we're o[Ddim]nlyxxx several mi-l[E]esx from the sun.[Am]'xxx [C] xxx
[D] xxx [Am] xxxx
Yea-[A] xxx ...- [A] xxx -ah
Chords Am,C,D continues till end.
And sometimes its a
[CHORUS]
So glad I
Make every
Worth all of the
Cause
She said, 'The
And we're
O-wo-
[VERSE]
And I'm
And sometimes its a
[CHORUS]
So glad I
Make every
Worth all of the
Cause
She said, 'The
And we're
[BRIDGE]
and
[CHORUS]
So glad I
Make every
Worth all of the
Cause
She said, 'The
And we're
Said, 'The
And we're o
Yea-
Chords Am,C,D continues till end.