Chords Used:
[Em G Am C Bm D D/C D/B D/A]
Em G
I have to sit you down, let me tell you what it's all about
Am C G Bm
'Cause I've been carrying a torch around and I've forgotten how to snuff it out
Em G
And you have been unkind, that's a matter I cannot ignore.
Am C D
We have to skirt around the truth sometimes, but it's time I told you what I came
D/C
here for...
[Chorus]
D/B D/A G
To thank you for all the small favors
C
I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us
D
And take us to a time when we were strangers
In a two-station town
C G D
And you can't get the train to slow down
G
Small Favors
C
Oh to you as sure as she was honest
D
And now do you remember when you promised
To forgive me someday
C Bm Em
For debts that I could never repay
C D G
For debts that I could never repay
[G C D C G D]
Em G
And I could not forget, You looked at me as if I'd lost a bet
Am C
And I hadn't opened up my big mouth yet, And I thought of crawling back
G Bm
Into the plane.
Em G
And thought it's sad to tell, I still remember how the dry-eye felt
Am C D D/C
Across the curtains in the cheap hotel, Lit-up dust clouds in the window panes
[Chorus]
D/B D/A G
And I thank you for all the small favors
C
I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us
D
And take us to a time when we were strangers
In a two-station town
C G
And you can't get the train to slow down
[Solo][G C D C G D G C D C G D]
G
Small Favors
C
I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us
D
And take us to a time when we were strangers
In a two-station town
C G D
And you can't get the train to slow down
G
Small favors
C
Oh to you as sure as she was honest
D
And now do you remember when you promised
To forgive me someday
C Bm Em
For debts that I could never repay
C Bm Em
For debts that I could never repay
C D G
For debts that I could never repay
[Outro][G C D C G]