Intro: BmGD/F#A x 2
Verse 1:
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
We met down in the valley, where the wine of love and destruction flowed
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
There in that curve of darkness where flowers of temptation grow
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
I left the rest for the others it was you and nothing else
BmGD/F#AGD/F#A
You felt so good to me baby, good as life itself
Chorus:
EmF#mG
You were life itself, rushing over me
EmF#mG
Life itself, the wind in black elms
EmF#mG
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
GBmGD/F#A
I can't make it without you
Verse 2:
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
I knew you were in trouble, anyone could tell
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
You carried your little black book from which all your secrets fell
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
You squandered all your riches, your love, your beauty and your wealth
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
Like you had no further use for, for life itself
Chorus:
EmF#mG
You were life itself, rushing over me
EmF#mG
Life itself, the wind in black elms
EmF#mG
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
GBmGD/F#A
I can't make it without you
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Guitar Solo
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Verse 3:
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
Why do the things that we treasure most slip away in time
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
Till to the music we grow deaf and to God's beauty blind
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart
BmGD/F#ABmGD/F#A
Till we fall away in our own darkness, stranger to our own hearts
Chorus:
EmF#mG
And to life itself, rushing over me
EmF#mG
Life itself, the wind in black elms
EmF#mG
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
GBmGD/F#A
I can't make it without you
-
Em
So here's one for the road
F#mG
Here's one to your health
-
EmF#mG
And to life itself, rushing over me
EmF#mG
Life itself, the wind in black elms
EmF#mG
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
GBmGD/F#A
I can't make it without you
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.