CAPO 3
NOTE: It seems that for all these chords, the e string is NOT strummed. so C here means x3201x, not the usual
x32010. Also: Fadd#11 is 13320x.
[Verse 1]
C
I was all alone, we were young, you were like wine
C
Heady as the fog rolling in o'er the hillside
F
Lovely as the song in the air as the wind blows
Dm7/A Am
Opiate as the cold of the frost on the windows
F C
Lo, the rose is gone from my eyes so deceiving
Dm7/A F C
So, my little dove, I'm afraid I am leaving
[Interlude 1] (mandolin/violin picking here)
C5
[Verse 2]
C C (strum hard 7 times)
Now, I am not the fool I was when I was younger
C C (strum hard 7 times)
Crocodile eyes, I have seen how you hunger
F F (strum hard 7 times, first one is double)
Fluttering your lashes, like ashes and embers
Dm7/A Am
Warm and bright as fire devouring timber
F C
No, I cannot trust what you say when you're grieving
Dm7/A F C
So, my love, I'm sorry, but still: I am leaving
[Interlude 2] (more picking)
C5
[Verse 3]
F F Fadd#11 F
Even when you hunt me with ire, relentless
Dm7/A Am Asus2 Am
Batter down my door when you find me defenseless
F C
I will not abide all your raging and reaving
Dm7/A (strum once) C
I have set my mind and my will: I am leaving