Capo 1
[Intro]
E A/C# B/D# A/C#
E A/C# Bm/D A/C# E
[Verse]
E A E A
If today was not an endless highway
E A Bm/D A/C# E
If tonight was not a crooked trail
A B C#m7
If tomorrow wasn’t such a long time
A B B7 E
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all
[Chorus]
A B E
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
A B E
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’
A B E A
Only if she was lyin’ by me
E B7 E
Would I lie in my bed once again
[Interlude]
E A/C# B/D# A/C#
E A/C# Bm/D A/C# E
[Verse]
E A E A
I can’t see my reflection in the water
E A Bm/D A/C# E
I can’t speak the sounds that show no pain
A B C#m7
I can’t hear the echo of my footsteps
A B B7 E
I can’t remember the sounds of my own name
[Chorus]
A B E
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
A B E
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’
A B E A
Only if she was lyin’ by me
E B7 Bm/D A/C# E
Would I lie in my bed once again
[Interlude]
E A/C# B/D# A/C#
E A/C# Bm/D A/C# E
[Verse]
E A E A
There’s beauty in that silver, singin’ river
E A Bm/D A/C# E
There’s beauty in that rainbow in the sky
A B C#m7
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
A B B7 E
That I remember in my true love’s eyes
[Chorus]
A B E
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
A B E
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’
A B E A
Only if she was lyin’ by me
E B7 Bm/D A/C#
Would I lie in my bed once again
[Outro]
E B7 Bm/D A/C# E
Would I lie in my bed once again