Artist: Melissa Etheridge
Title: The Wanting Of You
Album: Fearless Love
Words & Music by Melissa Etheridge
INTRO A D
A
She's got her sweet children
F#M A
She's got her house she's got some land
C#M
Her earthly possessions
D
She's got a ring upon her hand
F#M
She tried to be a good girl
Bm
She tried to make everything right
Bm/E
She tried to kill the voices
E
That haunt her each and every night
A
CHORUS: She looks up to heaven
D
And wonders why love is so cruel
A
She loves him won't hurt him
D A D
Can't stop the wanting of you ohh
A
She married in high school
F#M
Oldest was well upon her way
A C#M
But that wild night - Chicago
D
It left a mark she can't erase
F#M
A phase you'll just get over
Bm
That's what her friends have always said
Bm/E
You dip your toes in water
E
She's in way over her head
A
CHORUS: She looks up to heaven
D
And wonders why love is so cruel
A
She loves him won't hurt him
D F#M
Can't stop the wanting of you
D F#M D
Ohh ohh ohh ohhhh
F#M D
Keeping her desire paralyzed
F#M D
She catches in the corner of her eyes
Bm F#M
Tank top, smooth skin, soft lips, tanned thighs
Bm D-C#M-Bm-A-Bm-C#M-E
How the hell's this ache ever gonna die.................
D
And we make our choices
F#M
Doing what we think is good
Bm
We deny our own dreams
Dsus
'Cause we think we've been told we should
D
We think we've been told we should
A
She looks up to heaven
D
And wonders why love is so cruel
A
She loves him won't hurt him
D
Can't stop the wanting of you
A
She looks up to heaven
D
And wonders why love is so cruel
A
She loves him won't hurt him
D A D
Can't stop the wanting of you..........
A
oh oh oh ohhhhh
D A D
She can't stop, she can't stop the wanting of you..........
A
oh oh oh ohhhhh
D A
she can't stop the wanting, the wanting of you
CHORDS USED: A = X02220
D = XX0232 OR X5777X
F#M = 244222
C#M = 445664
Bm = 224432
Bm/E = 024432
E = 022100
Dsus = XX0230
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Submitted by Vixen79