[Verse 1] Umm, [C] I would take the stars out of the sky for you, [Am7] Stop the rain from falling, if you asked me to, [Dm7] I'd do anything for you, your [Am7] wish is my command, [Dm7] I could move a mountain when your [G7sus4] hand is in my [G7] hand
[Verse 2] Umm, [C] Words cannot express how much you mean to me, [Am7] There must be some other way to make you see, [Dm7] If it takes my heart and soul, You [Am7] know I'd pay the price, [Dm7] Everything that I possess, I'd [G7sus4] gladly sacri - [G7] fice
[Chorus] Oh, [C] you to me are everything, The [Cmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7] To [C] you, I guess, I'm just a clown, Who [Cmaj7] picks you up each time you're down, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7]
[Bridge] You [Dm7] give me just a taste of love... To [G7sus4] build my hopes u - [G7] pon, You [Dm7] know you got the power, girl, To [G7sus4] keep me holding [G7] on, So ... [C] now you've got the [Cmaj7] best of me, Come [Dm7] on, and take the [G7sus4] rest of me, C Am7 Dm7 G7sus4 G7 Oh, baby!
[Verse 3] Umm, [C] though you're close to me, we seem so far apart, [Am7] Maybe, given time, you'll have a change of heart, [Dm7] If it takes forever, girl, then [Am7] I'm prepared to wait, The [Dm7] day you give your love to me... Won't [G7sus4] be a day too [G7] late
[Chorus] Oh, [C] you to me are everything, The [Cmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7] To [C] you, I guess, I'm just a clown, Who [Cmaj7] picks you up each time you're down, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7]
[Bridge] You [Dm7] give me just a taste of love... To [G7sus4] build my hopes u - [G7] pon, You [Dm7] know, you got the power, girl, To [G7sus4] keep me holding [G7] on, So ... [C] now you've got the [Cmaj7] best of me, Come [Dm7] on, and take the [G7sus4] rest of me, C Am7 Em9 A7sus4 A7 Oh, baby! | / / / / |
[Chorus] Oh, [D] you, to me, are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, Oh, [Em9] baby! Oh, baby! Oh, [A7sus4] baby! Yes, I [A7] need you, baby, [D] you to me are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, oh, [Em9] baby, You are [A7sus4] everything to me, [A7] can't you see?
[Chorus] [D] You to me are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, oh, [Em9] baby, Oh, [A7sus4] baby, ...you're [A7] everything, [D] You to me are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing...
[Suggested ending - slow down over this line] Oh, [Em9] baby, ...you are [A7sus4] every - [A7] thing... to... [Dmaj7] me
[Intro BPM 82] Just acoustic D C G D Then flute D C G D Them drums D C G D - finger pick
[Verse 1 - finger pick chords] [D] I'm gonna take a freight train, [C] Down at the station, Lord [G] I don't care where it [D] goes [D] Gonna climb me a mountain, [C] The highest mountain [G] Gonna jump off, nobody gonna [D] know
[Chorus - Strum] [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me (Harmonies in) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me
[Verse 2 - Strum] [D] I'm gonna buy me a ticket now, [C] As far as I can [G] Ain't never comin' [D] back [D] Take me southbound, [C] All the way to Georgia now [G] Till the train run out of [D] track
[Chorus] [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me (Harmonies in) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me
(Solo) D C G D x 4
[Chorus] (No drums) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me (Harmonies + Drums in) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me
[Repeat until bottled off]
[End]
[Verse 2] this is not sung in the version I found on YouTube [D] I'm gonna find me [C] A hole in the wall [G] I'm gonna crawl inside and [D] die [D] 'Cause my lady, now, [C] a mean ol' woman, Lord [G] Never told me goodbye [D]
