DGDGDGADDGDG
There’s a starry eyed woman that lives up the road
DGAD
Pick her wild flowers, oh and she tells me no
DGDG
I don’t know why, I want her so bad
DGAD
Guess you always want what you can’t have
Chorus:
DGDG
I guess that’s life, oh that’s just the way it goes
DGAD
Well you won’t get something in your hands that you aint never got to hold
DGDG
And I don’t know why I need her, she’s about to drive me mad
DGAD
But I guess you always want what you can’t have
There’s a little piece of land, where I used to go
The river runs clear and wild, oh and at times it moves slow
Your man he won’t sell it, no matter how much I ask
Guess you always want what you can’t have
Chorus 1:
I guess that’s life, oh that’s just the way it goes
Well you won’t get something in your hands that you aint never got to hold
And I drive past that old man’s land; I just shake my head and laugh
I guess you always want what you can’t have
Chorus 2:
I guess that’s life, oh that’s just the way it goes
Well you won’t get something in your hands that you aint never got to hold
And I don’t know why we need it; it makes us forget what we had
But I guess you always want what you can’t have
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.