Capo on 7th Fret
[Intro]
G - Em – C X2
[Verse]
G Em C G Em C
Trouble is her only friend and he's back again.
G Em C `G Em C
Makes her body older - than it really is.
G Em
She says it's high time she went away,
C G Em C
No one's got much to say in this town.
G Em C G
Trouble is the only way is down.
D
Down, down.
[Chorus]
G Em
As strong as you were, tender you go.
Bm C
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
G Em
A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
Bm C
I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
G Em C X2
I'll carry you home.
[Verse]
G Em
If she had wings she would fly away,
C G Em C
And another day God will give her some.
G Em C G
Trouble is the only way is down.
D
Down, down.
[Chorus]
G Em
As strong as you were, tender you go.
Bm C
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
G Em
A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
Bm C
I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
G
I'll carry you home.
[Verse]
C G D
And they were all born pretty in New York City tonight,
C G D
And someone's little girl was taken from the world tonight,
C G D
Under the Stars and Stripes.
[Chorus]
G Em
As strong as you were, tender you go.
Bm C
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
G Em
A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
Bm C
I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
G Em
As strong as you were, tender you go.
Bm C
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
G Em
A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
Bm C C
I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
G – Em – C X2
Song ends with G