[Verse 1 - Capo 4 for original key - key of E - Full drums - but light muted strums] [F] Days ache and nights are long [Am] Two years and still you're not [G] gone Guess I'm still holding on [F] Drag my name through the dirt [Am] Somehow it doesn't hurt [G] though Guess you're still holding on You [Dm] told your friends you want me dead And [Am] said that I did everything [G] wrong And you're not wrong
[Pre-Chorus] Well, [Dm] I'll take all the vitriol But [Am] not the thought of you moving [G] on on on on on on (stop drums)
[Chorus] 'Cause I'm not (drums in) [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me Even after all this time [N.C.]
[Verse 2] [F] Days ache and nights are grey [Am] My heart is still your place, [G] babe Guess I still feel the same [F] Know you can't stand my face [Am] Some scars you can't erase, [G] babe Guess you still feel the same
[Pre-Chorus] Well, [Dm] I'll take all the vitriol But [Am] not the thought of you moving [G] on on on on on on (stop drums)
[Chorus] 'Cause I'm not (drums in) [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me Even after all this time
[Bridge - Harmonies] [F] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [Am] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh [G] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [G] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh (Even after all this time) [F] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [Am] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh [G] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [G] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh
[Chorus - Drums stop] 'Cause I'm not [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me N.C. Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, (drums in) I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me N.C. Even after all this time [End]
[Verse 1] I try to disc [C] over A little something to [G] make me sweeter Oh baby, ref [E] rain from breaking my [F] heart
[Pre-Chorus] I'm so in [C] love with you I'll be for [G] ever blue That you give me no [F] reason Why you're making me [Am] work so hard [G] That you give me no, that you give me no That you give me no, that you give me no
[Chorus] [C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
[C]
[Verse 2] And if I should [C] falter Would you open your [G] arms out to me We can make love, not [E] war And live at peace with our [F] hearts
[Pre-Chorus] I'm so in [C] love with you I'll be for [G] ever blue What religion or [F] reason Could drive a man to for [Am] sake his lover
[G] Don't you tell me no, don't you tell me no Don't you tell me no, don't you tell me no
[Chorus] [C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
[Interlude]
|(C) | C | C | C | | Bb | Bb | G | G
[Pre-Chorus] I'm so in [C] love with you I'll be for [G] ever blue That you give me no [F] reason You know, you're making me [Am] work so hard [G] That you give me no, that you give me no That you give me no, that you give me no
[Chorus] [C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
[C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
