Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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F 13321x Fadd9 xx3213 F 13321x
Cm7/E 02201x C x32103 C x32010
C x32010 G 320033
Dm7 xx0211 Am7 x02213
[Part 1]
F
I held you
Cm7/E
I rocked you to sleep
C Dm7
It'd take a long time but eventually you'd go
F
And I'd try to get out
Cm7/E
Of the rocking chair
C Dm7
With you in my arms
F
I'd get you to your crib
Cm7/E
Slowly lower you down
C Dm7
Then pull my hands away, as if from a bomb
[Part 2]
Fadd9
Then I'd step away
C
One step at a time
G Am7
The floors were full of sounds, all the creaks for time
Fadd9
Then I'd get to the door
C
Open it carefully
G Am
Tryin' back out of the room so quietly
Cm7/E C Dm7
F
When I got to the door
Cm7/E
Closed to within an inch
C
That's when you'd come awake
Dm7 Fadd9
As if you'd been watchin' me
Watching me the whole time
C
As if you waited to see
G Am7
If I truly intended, just to let you be
Fadd9
Just to leave
C
Just to leave you alone
G F
Just to leave you alone
[Part 3]
F
How you would cry
F
And I'd come back
F C
Yeah, I'd come back
F
And lift you up
C
Sit back down with you
F
Try to start all over again
C
Start slowly rocking again
F C
Start all over again, ah-ha
F
We'd start all over again
F
I'd come back
F
Lift you up
F
Start all over again