Words and Music by Arlo Guthrie
[Verse 1]
C C/Bb
Here I am
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Won't you take me in your arms tonight
C C/Bb
And there you are
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Looking like the stars are in your eyes
C C/Bb
Here we go
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
You know it's been so long since we were lovers
C C/Bb
I don't know
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G Am
If I felt this way since then and baby why
[Chorus]
D
Why we said good-bye
F
Why we sat and cried
Dm Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Why we ever let this happen to us
[Verse 2]
C C/Bb
I don't care
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Where you've been, I've been there too You know that
C C/Bb
You and me
Dm Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
We had some growing on our own to do now
C C/Bb
Let's get on
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
You know the time's a-wasting, Morning's breaking
C C/Bb
Here we are
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G Am
Looking like we used to be and baby why
[Chorus]
D
Why we said good-bye
F
Why we sat and cried
Dm Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Why we ever let this happen to us
Ab G F#dim G Cm Ab G F#dim G C
[Bridge]
G D
There's a bird flying high
G
Way up in the air
C
And I am sitting here with you at my side
G D G
Way out in the country
D
There's a lot of real big trees
D7 G
Rolling gently on the breeze
C G
And I am playing with the bumble bees
D G
Out in the country
D7
Puffy clouds are in the air
G
If it rains well we won't care
C
'Cause you look good in your underwear
G D G C
Way out in the country
[Verse 3]
C C/Bb
Here I am
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Let me take you in my arms and hold you
C C/Bb
Once again
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
It feels like we are coming home and well
C C/Bb
Remember when
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
We were young and so in love together
C C/Bb
Here we are
Dm7 Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G Am
Happy like we used to be, and baby why
[Chorus]
D
Why we said good-bye
F
Why we sat and cried
Dm Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G
Why we ever let this happen to us
[Final Verse]
Ab G F#dim
You know the time is at an end
G Cm
And you and I can just be friends
Ab G F#dim
And if we let this moment pass
G C C/Bb Dm Dm/E Dm/F Dm/G C
I think we both know it won't come again