Intro: C, G6, Am, G6, C x2
CGAm
I hear you knocking on the door,
GC
but you ain't comin' in, no, no,
GAm
to this house no more.
GC
Cause it ain't like,
GAm
it ain't like it was before.
GCGAm
You went a-sailin' on for that distant shore.
CGAm
Oh, oh, oh...
CGAm
True, we had love so true,
GC
oh we had skies so blue,
GAm
we had skies so blue.
GCGAm
So I, I had my hopes up high,
GCGAm
till all I heard was goodbye when I called for you.
FCG
I turn the key, you twist the knife,
Am
I can't win,
F
no I can't win.
CEmAm
Now you're knockin' on the door but you can't come in.
Am
Oh no...
C
So you take it on the chin,
GAm
yeah you take it on the weak chin.
GC
Then you do it all again and again,
GAm
tell me when will it end.
GC
And now you come back,
GAm
oh yeah, you crawled on back,
GCGAm
with your head held high and your book of lies in a burlap sack.
GCGAmG
I just don't know, honey, what went wrong.
CGAmG
Love just can't grow when you're gone so long.
FCG
I turn the key, you twist the knife,
Am
I can't win,
F
no I can't win.
CEmAm
Now you're knockin' on the door but you can't come in.
Am
Oh no...
CGAm
Oh, you just don't know,
GCGAmG
Which way the wind is going to blow.
CGAm
No, you just don't know,
GCGAmG
Just when the sky is going to fall.
C
You've been a soldier,
GAm
you've been a privateer,
GCGAm
now you're looking much older, yes you are, my dear.
GC
Now you're back again,
GAm
from the lion's den,
GC
you've for a plagiarist's eye,
GAmG
you've got a poison pen.
FCG
I turn the key, you twist the knife,
Am
I can't win,
F
no I can't win.
CEmAm
Now you're knockin' on the door but you can't come in.
Am
Oh no...
G-CGAm
Oh, you just don't know,
GCGAmG
Which way the wind is going to blow.
CGAm
No, you just don't know,
GCGAmG
Just when the sky is going to fall.
CG
Love can bend you, love can break,
AmG
hearts can mend and hearts can ache.
CG
Life will give you what you take,
AmG
oh, life will give you what you take.
CG
Love can bend you, love can break,
AmG
hearts can mend and hearts can ache.
CGAm till the end!
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.