In the verse I've labled C * and B *. These are to indicate a single note walk-down picked on the on the
A string, followed by a down/up strum on the strings below it. So it might look something like ...
e|---0-0---0-0-------------|
B|---1-1---1-1-------------|
G|---2-2---2-2-------------|
D|---0-0---0-0-------------|
A|-3-----2-----------------|
E|-------------------------|
There is also a simple little hook that is sometimes played between verses.
e|-------0-----|
B|-------0-----|
G|-------0-----|
D|-2-0---0-----|
A|-------2-----|
E|-----3-3-----|
I have trouble singing it this high, so I transpose it -7 to play in C instead of G. If you do that, the
above two just move down 1 string. Kinda cool, right:
e|---0-0---0-0-------------|
B|---1-1---1-1-------------|
G|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D|-3-----2-----------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
e|-------0--------|
B|-------1--------|
G|-2-0---0--------|
D|-------2--------|
A|-----3-3--------|
E|----------------|
[Verse]
G
Hold me up
C* B* D G
Because I think I've fallen to you
C* B* D
While you're fallin' out of love
G
With me
C* B* D
Like you said you'd never do
G
And was I crazy
C* B* D
To believe that it was true
[Chorus 1]
Em C G
And oh, God knows
C G
We've had a time
Em C G
Seeing what grows
C G
On a shriveled vine
[Verse]
G
Look me up
C* B* D
When you've had your space
G
When you're ready
C* B* D
To see my face
G
In a room
C* B* D
Where we both could be
G
Where somebody else
C* B* D
May be loving me
[Chorus 2]
Em C G
Would you ball up your hands?
C G
Would you clench your teeth?
Em C G
Would you walk away
C G
In disbelief?
Em G
Are you ready to leave?
[Bridge]
Em G
Are you ready to leave?
Em G
Are you ready to leave?
Em C G
Are you ready to ... walk ... away?
C G
Say goodbye
C G Em
Hear me cry out your name
G
You can go
C* B* D
Well, of course you can
G
But I swear
C* B* D
That these words will stand
G
Up to you
C* B* D
And your grandest plans
Em C G
You can't come back
C G
You can't come back