Ben Harper

Accords et partitions

8 Minutes

G C D Em

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[Verse] Today I turned 33 My oldest didn't call Middle's outta state And the youngest lives here with me

A House Is A Home

C F G Am

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A house is a home even when it's dark Even when the grass is overgrown in the yard Even when the dog is too old to bark And when you're sitting at the table trying not to starve A house is a home

Another Lonely Day

Am G C Em F

Yes indeed I'm alone again And here comes emptiness crashing in It's either love or hate I can't find in between Cause I've been with witches

Another Loney Day

Gm F A# Dm D#

Yes indeed I'm alone again And here comes emptiness crashing in It's either love or hate I can't find in between Cause I've been with witches

Ashes

A D E C#m B D2

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust That's what has become of our love and trust. Love has no direction cause love has no aim Love can leave you as fast as she came Meeting is such sweet sorrow

Beloved One

D G C9 Em7 F#/D

We have both been here before Knockin'upon love's door Begging for someone to let us in Knowing this we can agree To keep each other company

Better Way

E D A

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Intro : I'm a living sunset Lightning in my bones Push me to the edge But my will is stone

Blessed To Be A Witness

G A D Bm

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Corcovado parted the sky And through the darkness on us he shined Crucified in stone Still his blood is my own Glory behold all my eyes

Boa Sorte Good Luck

F# C#m B E

Não tenho o que dizer São só palavras E o que eu sinto Não mudará

Born To Love You

D F# G Em C A

Was thinking just the other day Of something i've been trying to say But i couldn't find the way To tell you i was born to love you

The Bottle Wins Again

G D C Em

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[Verse 1] Sometimes I make choices Cadd9 G G Sometimes they make me D Cadd9

Break Your Heart

E A D

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Here's to looking at you Cause it's all i get to do I got so much to lose You do too, you do too

Brown Eyed Blues

A D G C A/C F

If I knew being here with you today, Would mean being alone tomorrow. I would gladly trade all of my tomorrows away For a moment with you.

Burn One Down

G Em C D

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From end to end And pass it over To me my friend Burn it long, we'll burn it slow To light me up before I go

Burn to Shine

E D A G Dsus4 Asus4

We're gonna burn to shine Couplet: Funny things you learn from your mama, like the way you throw your head back when Swallowing pills Funny things you learn from your papa, like when you're talking you just can't keep

By My Side

Bb C F Dm

Don't you get ahead of me, and I won't leave you behind, If you get unhappy, won't you give me a sign, There's no love like a lost love, and no pain like a broken heart, There's no love like you and me, and no loss like us apart. Verse 2

Church House Steps

Em Am Bm

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I sat down upon the church house steps I sat down upon the church house steps I sat down upon the church house Down upon the church house steps With all my hopes and dreams

Cloud Nine

D G6 D6 Gm6 Bm B7

[Verse] Shadows on the water From a memory, in times and sight And the last time I saw you happier Then not seein' you, not seein' you in a long while

Crazy Amazing

D G Em

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You... are crazy amazing You... are crazy amazing Feels just like a prayer Oh I love you more every time I think of you You... are crazy amazing

Cryin Wont Help You Now

A5 D5 E5 G#5 B5 C#5

You sit there and call me A liar and a cheat I just wish you'd pin a rose on me Now you won't even Come out and take a bow

Dance Like Fire

D G A F Bm

If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned

Dancing In The Dark

G D A D/F# C Em

Verse 1: Wake up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same way I ain't nothing but tired, I'm nothing but tired and bored with myself Hey there baby I could use just a little help

Diamonds On The Inside

G Am7 F C Bm7

I knew a girl Her name was truth She was a horrible liar She couldn't spend one day alone But she couldn't be satisfied

Don't Give Up On Me Now

Am C F G Dm

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Time, it opens all wounds And trust is gonna put me in the tomb The world isn't mine, the world isn't mine to save I can't afford to lose what you resell and throw away

Dont Let Me Disappear

G Em7 Am Em

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[Verse 1] Been so long since it felt easy Been too long since anyone could reach me Cadd9 It's slipping away

The Drugs Don't Work

G C F Em Am C/B

All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown This time I'm comin'down And I know you're thinking of me

Engraved Invitation

E A B D C# C

[Verse 1] I wish i was a thought I'd run all through your mind And come out being everything You ever tried to find

Everything

E B A

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Artist: Ben Harper Album: Diamonds on the inside Song: Everything Behind all of your |tears there's a|smile there's a|smile |

Excuse me Mr.

G Bb F

Excuse me Mr. Do you have the time Or are you so important That it stands still for you

Faded

E D A C D# Em

You so easily amuse Like a pantomime Such a silent crime You so easily abuse Lack of confidence

Feel Love

F C Am G Dm

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When you feel love You remind me I can feel love When you feel love We sleep and share the same dream love When we feel love

Fight For Your Mind

D G C F

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[Verse 1] If your gonna live, then live it up And if your gonna give, then give it up If your gonna walk the earth, better walk it proud And if your gonna say the word, you got to say it loud

Forever

G Am C F

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Verse:( ) Not talkin' bout a year, no not three or four I don't want that kind of forever in my life anymore Forever always seems to be around when it begins But forever never seems to be around when it ends

Forgiven

E D C# C A

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven Couplet: Here I have been standing while the time has come and gone I tried singing to you, but you turned my words to stone

Gather Round The Stone

Am C6 Em G F D

You're too young to know That you're too young to go There's no freedom to be found Lying face up in the ground

Get It Like You Like It

A D G

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[Verse 1] Throw your hands up to the sky And scream out loud I'm free Cause wrong is the new right So we can cut loose tonight

Give A Man A Home

G C F Am

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This is not entirely correct, as Ben plays his lap steel guitar on this one. It's the right chords though And you can figure the little fills out pretty easily. Play this very quietly and focus on the bass notes To get that kinda soothing sound to it. Chords repeat all over. Please let me know if you have a better idea For the Am in the chorus, it doesn´t seem quite right. Cheers!

Glory and Consequence

F C G

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There are two guitars playing at this point, with the acoustic playing The above riff, and an electric just playing the chords. Lyrics: I'm more afraid of living than i am scared to die Im more afraid of falling than i am of flying high

Gold To Me

A D G F

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Okay for this one I'll use a chord-like presentation, but when You see the chord name, you'll have to do a slide up to the chord (i.e. if it's a G chord, you'll have to slide from F# to G). It's Only for the verse... For the chorus the strumming technique is really weird. You've got

Good Luck/boa Sorte

F# C#m B E A

É só isso Não tem mais jeito Acabou, boa sorte Não tenho o que dizer São só palavras

Ground On Down

F Cm C Bb

I believe in a few things God, the devil and love But I looked from the bottom And I've stared down from above And I have faith in a few things

Happy Everafter In Your Eyes

C G Am F

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The morning sunrise spread her wings While the moon hung in the sky Held the sea in your hands And happy everafter in your eyes Happy everafter is in your eyes

Having Wings

G Bm C Am D Bbm

I heard a street singer play a song I knew It brought me closer to you I heard a street singer play a song I call my own It brought me to my childhood home Did you go back from where you came?

Heart Of Matters

G D A F#m Bm G#

I've heard all of your parting lines Can only say goodbye so many times Before you know you have nothing to show for your pain Sorry is a word you just can't seem to find Does it ever enter your mind?

Heavyhearted World

C Am Fmaj7 G e

[Verse 1] It's Christmas morning in the psych ward There's a flight risk today so a nurse guards the door There's a man in the corner who sounds just like me Rambling on about time square new years eve

Help Me Get Away

e G D A E

Help Me Get Away - Ben Harper Tabbed by: Email:

High tide or low tide

Dm A F Bb C Gm

Yes In high seas or-a low seas, I'm gonna be your friend; You know that I'm gonna be your friend. And is a In-a high tide or-a low tide, I'll be by your side; You know that I'll be by your side.

Honey Honey

Am Dm Em

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[Verse 1] Oh, honey, honey Won't you please come home Oh, honey, honey Please come home

How Could We Not Believe

C F Am G

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Was so beautiful how could we not believe So beautiful how could we not believe We love We grieve Then all seek our reprieve

How Many Miles Must We March

D G C Bm Cm E

Exactly how much will have to burn Before we will look to the past to learn We walk along this endless path Which has led us in a circle So here we are right back

I Shall Not Walk Alone

D G A Bm B

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[Verse 1] Battered and torn Still I can see the light Tattered and worn But I must kneel to fight

I Want Be Ready

Bm7 E7 F#7

How I am strong Is to know what makes me weak How I am found Is to know just whom I seek The gift of a blessing

I Want To Be Ready

Bm E/G# A F#

Verse How I am strong is to know what makes me weak How I am found is to know just whom I seek The gift of a blessing the burden of a sin Oh turn, turn to him

I Will Not Be Broken

F C Am G Em7

Give & you give & you give till its gone Then the people you fight hardest for say your wrong Before me flash all of my memories & days So dont stand insincere at the side of my grave

I'll Rise

Dm Am C F

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Now did you want to see me broken Bowed head and lowered eyes Shoulders fallen down like tear drops Weakened by my soulful cries

In The Colors

D A G G# Bm G7

When your whole world is shaken From all the risks, we have taken Dance with me, dance with me Into the colors of the dust

In the Lord's Arms

G C Am F C/B D

Like the wings stolen from an angel Like pebbles gone from the roads Like a dove caught in a storm Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms (and so on...)

In Your Eyes

A D Bm G E

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Love, I get so lost, sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away I drive off in my car

Indifference

Em D D2 G

I will hold the candle 'Til it burns up my arm Oh, I'll keep taking punches Until their will grows tired Oh, I will stare the sun down

Jah Work

Em D C G Am

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Tell me do you really know Your brother man Cause a heart speaks louder Than a color can And why would you even

Knew The Day Was Comin

D G Bb A C

[Verse 1] I knew the day was comin' Was already gone I knew the day was comin' Was already gone

Learn It All Again Tomorrow

G D A Em G/F# D/C#

What I've got I don't want All it does is hover and taunt Reminding me what I used to be What I may never be again

Lifeline

B C#m A E C G#m

I don't want to wait a lifetime Yours or mine, yours or mine Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline? Your lifeline, your lifeline Your lifeline, the lifeline

Like A King

Dm Gm F C

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Verse 1: Well Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Can't walk the streets

Love After Love

C Dm Fmaj7 Am G Bb

[Verse] Some run for cover Some chase the storm Flags raised with a vengeance Battle-ready and worn

Love And Trust

D G Bm e E

This is standard tuning. Not how Ben plays it. Ben plays the it with some variations with the slide, Specialy when Charlie is soloing, but for the sake of simplicity Listen to the track to understand the chord progression.

Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now

D G A D/F# E

Papa he left home today Said he ain't comin' back again Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend

Memories Of Gold

G C D Em Am

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[Verse] Days must be untangled For years to be revealed We've looked from every angle With nothing left concealed

More Than Sorry

G F Em C Am

[Verse 1] Goodbye Hasn't been so good to me Stepped out into the night Back against the moon

Morning Yearning

Am G Dm F C Bb

A fingers touch upon my lips It's a, morning yearning It's a, morning yearning Pull the curtains shut, try to keep it dark But the, sun is burning, sun is burning

My Mother Pray

G D7 C A7

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How sweet and happy seemed those days of which I dream When memory recalls them now and then And with what rapture sweet my weary heart would beat If I could hear my mother pray again

Need To Know Basis

G C Em7 A

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[Verse 1] You're the reason Aliens would come down to Earth Outer space must look small From inside your universe

Never Leave Lonely Alone

G Em C5 A Eb Db7

Like an old man Sitting alone at a lunch counter Never leave lonely a-lone Like a small town girl A big city devours Never leave lonely alone Some of us laugh Even in our darkest hour

No Mercy In This Land

A D G A7 C E

[Verse 1] What would be the first thing, You'd say to the Lord? And the last thing you would dream, If you couldn't dream no more?

Not Fire Not Ice

A D E F#m G#

Not Fire Not Ice - Ben Harper Tabbed by Wayne Dipper ([email protected]) Capo 1 Intro: [, , , ] There is not a river wide

Nothing At All

F Eb Gm Em D Cm

On the kindness of strangers I've come to depend For a shoulder to lean Or a hand to lend

One More Change

D G C Em Cm Am

[Verse] Been holding on too long to let go Been running too hard to slow down Believing too deep to not have faith But I've got just one more change to make

One Road To Freedom

Eb D F Bb C E

Tell me which road are you traveling Which road are you travelling on Tell me who will you turn to When the light has gone I hear somebody calling

Oppresion

Am C D G A Gm

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Oppression by Ben Harper Transcription by ian lindsay >From the album Fight For Your Mind Ben plays it on a Martin 00-18,and it's All finger picked.Notice that the guitare

Oppression

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Oppression You prey on us when we sleep Oppression You chase after the tired the poor the weak

People Lead

Am G D C a B

[Verse 1] When the people lead The leaders they will have to follow And all their lies and their alibies They will have to swallow

Picture In a Frame

D A G Bm

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You can sell your soul But you can't buy it back I've spent my whole life Working to give you Everything you lack

Picture Of Jesus

A D E F

It hangs above my altar Like they hung him from a cross I keep one in my wallet For the times that I feel lost In a wooden frame with splinters

Please Bleed

C Em Am G D A

Make me feel like a beggar Make me feel like a thi-ief Make me feel like a battle, That cannot end in peace Make me feel like running,

Please Dont Talk About Murder While I'm Eating

G A E C D B7

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You're the first one to get there And always the last one to leave You're the first one to chuckle But the last one to grieve I know all too well the world takes a daily beating

Please Me Like You Want To

E A D

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So won't you Please please me like you want to Not like like you have to Or won't you just go on and leave me You know leaving me is the least that you could do

Pleasure And Pain

D G A E

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[Verse 1] I'm leaving here on the morning train And i will never see this world again I've felt pleasure And i have felt pain

Power Of The Gospel

Em D2 C D G F

It will make a weak man mighty It will make a mighty man fall It will fill your heart and hands Or leave you with nothing at all It's the eyes for the blind

Pray That Our Love Sees The Dawn

A D F#m E

Verse 1: Silence is the hammer of betrayal Upon loves coffin for the final nail Disguised as one another for so long now I try to be myself but I forget how

Reason To Mourn

D G C Em Dsus2 F

I can't know the hell you love But I know you've had enough Some baptize in water Some in flames

Rock N' Roll Is Free

G C Am Em

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Verse Say goodbye to tomorrow, And hello to today Take a look at your world, In a brand new way The masters of convention, Count on you to never change But the law of reinvention, Knows nothing stays the same

Roses From My Friends

G D Am Cadd9 Em Bm5

Intro: - I could have treated you better But you couldn't have treated me worse But it's he who laughs last Is he who cries first

Satisfied Mind

Am C D e B E

[Verse] How many times have you heard someone say If i had his money i'd do things my way But little they know and it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind

Serve Your Soul

Dm C G B F Am

This song is in the key of D Play along at: Https://youtu.be/L8mu-c76B0M (Best played with Drop D tuning or a split capo on II)

Sexual Healing (ver. 2)

G Am C Am/F Em F

Baby, I'm hot just like your oven And I need your lovin' And, baby, I can't hold it much longer Oh it's getting stronger and stronger And when I get this feeling I need sexual healing

She Got Kick

C7 F7 G7

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[Verse 1] She got kick From her toe up to her crown Well, you know that she got kick From her toe up to her crown

She's Only Happy In The Sun

G A D Bm Em C

I know you may not want to see me On your way down from the clouds Would you hear me if I told you That my heart is with you now

Show Me A Little Shame

C G F C7 F# Am

You, youve been looking at me just a little too long Now I can never look the same Blindness and kindness, theres no difference in the two When I can no longer see the good in you

Smile At The Mention

C Dm Am Dm7 G

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[Verse 1] I cry at roadkill I cry at open fields When I'm driving in the South I cry for jockey and horse

Spilling Faith

C G Bb A F Eb

Don't let one day go to waste I'm filling space, I'm spilling faith I'm filling space... and I'm spilling faith I'm filling space... I'm spilling faith

Spin It Faster

Em Am Bm D

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Https://open.spotify.com/track/1Pxmiq4HDoTUHiM7AkC6I8 Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9To0WhkBWc Worked out on request for drbarolo Do you mind your avatar is here? If you like my "work" don't hesitate to add favorite or to give it the STARS it deserves (with explanation?).

Steal my Kisses

G C6 D6 (A cappella :)

I put into Nashville, Tenessee But you wouldn't even come around to see me And since your headin up to Carolina You know I gonna be right there behind you

Suzie Blue

F C7 Dm2 F# Dm7 D

Won't you sing me the blues Won't you sing me the blues Sing me something my heart can use Misery loves a symphony Does your face, your pretty face get lo-ost in a crowd ?

Thank Me In The Morning

C G B Am D e

Verse 1 It's too late to know Just what we could have been Don't want to have this conversation Ever again

There Will Be a Light

A E D F#m C#m Cm

There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light

Time Has Told Me

F C C7 Dm G E7

[Verse 1] Time has told me you're a rare, rare find A troubled cure for a troubled mind And time has told me not to ask for more For someday our ocean will find its shore

Touch From Your Lust

Am C G Em D

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I need to sleep, but I'm too tired I need to calm down, but I'm too wired When the sun comes up, I miss the moon Cause I know tomarrow is gonna come too soon Is gonna come too soon...

Uneven Days

Am C F G Dm Bm

Verse You're e furthest I've been From the end of the world The closest I've come To being sane

Waiting for you

G C Em D F C/E

I've been waiting for you I've been waiting for you Never found anything else to do But waiting for you

Waiting On A Sign

Bm Em A G

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I didn't come here Trying to find forgiveness I didn't come here Looking for a fix I didn't come here

Waiting On An Angel

G C Am F Em Cmaj7/B

Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come to see me soon Cause I dont want to go alone I dont want to go alone

Walk Away

F# G E A C B

Oh no here comes that sun again That means another day without you my friend And it hurts me to look into the mirror at myself And it hurts even more to have to be with somebody else

When I Go

E A Em G B D

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I’m a stranger Just a stranger Even to the people I know And I’m going to where The winds never change

When Its Good

E7 A7 B7 a D G

You're a prison I can't escape You're a decision I never make Heard me laughing You heard me weep and moan When it's good, it's so, so good

When She Believes

G D F#m Bm A Em

Well the good Lord, is such a, good Lord With such a good, mother too They have blessed me They have, blessed me In the good, graces of you

Where Could I go

Dm Bb F C Gm Bbm

They say freedom is just a place to hide Now I'm coming to you with my arms open wide (Oh ? won't you tell me) Where could I go to the Lord

Where Did We Go Wrong

Cm Bb Abmaj7 Ab

[Verse 1] Was it the last time Or the time before Not sure what comes first The wager or the war

Whipping Boy

Eb Cm E F F# G

Well, you can need me Well, I want you to And you can feed me Oh, how I like that, too But don't you lead me

Wicked Man

G C F A# c

[Verse 1] Children come running to the truth But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one's living high another's grieving But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening

Wide Open Light

C Dm Gm F Bb A

[Verse 1] I know what it's like to be half dead And the other half gone out of your head Time is only mercy Time, give me time

Widow of a living man

G Am C D Am2 F

Verse: Mama why does he treat me so cold so cold so cold Why do I feel so old so old so old How long has he treated me unkind unkind unkind Or have I always been so blind so blind so blind

The Will To Live

C Dm Bb Eb F c

I met a girl whose heart Was on the right hand side And upon the left An angel did reside They told her mother

With My Own Two Hands

Am G F

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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place

Yard Sale (feat. Jack Johnson)

G C Em D

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All of her personal effects ..It seemed a bit too late ..For goodbye Sex Out the window an engine idled Some guy leaning on the hood

You Found Another Lover

A G F#m Bm

I sit here in a daze Wishing i could change my ways And let's not pretend it isn't what it is It's time we both go on and live