Intro
A  G  A  G 
A  G  A 
 
Verse 1
     D 
It's been seven years since I last saw you 
      G                        D 
And I wish it were seven more 
G                            D          A 
Knew you for two, and by the end of the first 
          Bm 
Well, the writing was on the wall 
G                       D 
I saw a change when you started giving time 
       A                    Bm 
To the girl I gave my heart to 
G                         D 
Never confessed it at the time 
                    A                     D 
But to tell you the truth, I was sweet on you 
 
Chorus
         G                   D 
Sweet on you, I was sweet on you 
     A                    Bm 
Lord knows I was sweet on you 
G                         D 
Never confessed it at the time 
                    A                     D 
But to tell you the truth, I was sweet on you 
 
Verse 2
        D 
Now, to take each person in isolation 
      G                       D 
Is to take the?parts?you?less?full 
    G                   D           A 
Let loose together, you bred stormy weather 
             Bm 
Though you'd laugh to try and pull the wool 
G                            D 
Why do you feed each other's darkness? 
           A                 Bm 
Why do you drink to hide the blues? 
       G                    D 
In the night I think you're trouble 
       A                D 
In the day I'm sweet on you 
 
Chorus
         G                   D 
Sweet on you, I was sweet on you 
     A                    Bm 
Lord knows I was sweet on you 
G                         D 
Never confessed it at the time 
                    A                     D 
But to tell you the truth, I was sweet on you 
 
Interlude
A  G  A 
 
Verse 3
         D 
Oh, your mother always treated me kindly 
    G                        D 
She carried a sparkle in her eyes 
G                        D      A 
Yours were the same, but I hear now 
          Bm 
They just tell of the stormy skies 
          G                   D 
Oh, and I wonder if she finds peace now? 
            A                           Bm 
Whether you still put the colour in her cheeks? 
            G                        D 
Whether you moved home? I'll bet you didn't 
             A                      D 
Whatever the weather be like in the peaks 
 
Bridge
     A 
We'd gather 'round the kitchen table 
   G                    D 
Ry Cooder on the stereo 
     A 
We'd sing along if we were able 
       G                   D 
Little system, not even my own 
        A 
But you never once sang with us 
              Bm 
You'd just retire to your room 
 
Chorus
           G                 D 
Oh, and if you don't like Ry Cooder 
            A                Bm 
How could I ever be sweet on you? 
   G                 D 
If you don't like Ry Cooder 
            A                D 
How could I ever be sweet on you? 
 
Chorus
N.C. 
Sweet on you, I was sweet on you 
N.C. 
Lord knows I was sweet on you 
N.C. 
YOu didn't like uban women 
N.C. 
You never liked words that told the truth 
 
Outro
         G             D 
Shame on you, shame on you 
          A                              Bm 
With your charred house and your tabloid news 
     G                    D 
If I had a choice between you and your mother 
  A                  Bm 
I know which one I'd choose 
       G                      D 
Oh, if I had a choice between you and your mother 
  A                         D 
I know which one I'd choose