Artist: Alter Bridge
Song: Watch Over You
Album: Blackbird (2007)
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
[Intro]
G C Cadd9
[Verse 1]
G C Cadd9
Leaves are on the ground
G C Cadd9
Fall has come
G C Cadd9
Blue skies turning grey
G C Cadd9
Like my love
G C Cadd9
I try to carry you
G C Cadd9
And make you whole
G C G
But it was never enough
G G/Gb
I must go
[Chorus]
Em7 D C G G/Gb
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone
Em7 D C
And who’ll watch over you
G
When I’m gone?
[Instrumental]
C Cadd9 G C Cadd9
[Verse 2]
G C Cadd9
You say you care for me
G C Cadd9
But hide it well
G C G G/Gb
How can you love someone not yourself?
[Chorus]
Em7 D C G G/Gb
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone
Em7 D C
And who’ll watch over you
[Instrumental]
G C Cadd9 G C Cadd9
[Bridge] ( with electric guitar play these in barre )
Em7 Cadd9 G
And when I’m gone who will break your fall
Dsus4
Who'll you blame?
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4
I can’t go on let you loose it all Its more then I can take
Em C
Who’ll ease your pain
G
Ease your pain?
[Chorus] ( with electric guitar play these in barre )
Em7 D C G G/Gb
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone
Em7 D C G G/Gb
And who’ll watch over you
Em7 D C G G/Gb
And I will give you strength when you’re not strong
Em D C
Who’ll watch over you when I’m gone away
[End Verse]
G C Cadd9
Snow is on the ground
G C Cadd9
Winter’s come
G C Cadd9
You long to hear my voice
G G G G
But I’m long gone