By: Martin Sexton
Standard tuning, although Martin is usually tuned down 1/2 step
Verse
Gsus2 (3x023x)
D/F# (2x023x)
Dm/F (1x023x)
G (3x003x)
A11 (x0543x)
Cadd9 (x3x030)
G5 (3x0033)
Fmaj9 (133010)
Intro
(album)
[Gsus2] [D/F#] [Dm/F] [G] [A11]
e-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
b---3------------3---3--|--------------3---3--|-----------3---3-|------------3-3P0--|
g---2--x-x---x-x-2-x-2--|----x-x---x---2-x-2--|-----x-0-x-2-x-0-|----x-------4-4P0--|
d---0--x---x---x-0-x-0--|----x---x---x-0-x-0--|-----x---x-0-x-0-|----x-------5-5P0--|
a------x-------x---x----|----x-----------x----|-----x---x---x---|----x-----0--------|
e---3--x-------x-3-x-2--|-2--x---------2-x-1--|-1-1-x---x-1-x-3-|-3--x-3/4----------|
x - stop strings percussively
Verse
[Gsus2]Hold me tight [D/F#]don't say goodnight
And I'll [Dm/F]let you know that I [G]care______[A11]_
[Gsus2]Wait a little longer [D/F#]don't let me be
And I'll [Dm/F]comfort you from the [G]storm____[A11]_
[Gsus2]It's been a long night [D/F#]tomorrow's another day
[Dm/F]Call me when you find out th[G]e answer
And I'll [A11]hope and I'll pr[Gsus2]ay
To a[D/F#] power that will [Dm/F]keep me from goin' in[G]sane in the [A11]meantime
[Cadd9]Teenage lovers caught up [G5]in this dance
[Cadd9]Pain's the price of this youn[G5]g romance[Fmaj9]
[Cadd9]How was I such a young [G5]fool to know
[Cadd9]Lord knows I got no dir[G5]ection from hom[Fmaj9]e
So I say this prayer
(Chorus)
[Gsus2]Take hold of [D/F#]me blessed powers that [Dm/F]be
Love keep us to[G5]gether
(Repeat Chords)
Down with the rain came the news
That our wild ways gonna bring us a baby boy
Wash away all those innocent dreams
Now my whole world is turned upside-down on me
And here I pray
To some power they say's gonna keep me from goin' insane
I can't be strong unless I'm by your side
My weakness tells me to run for the hills
Responsibility beckons me
To think I dreamed your kiss would set me free
Well I've never been so wrong
Chorus
(Spoken)
There cries a child so deep in the night
He needs a father somebody to set things right
I am the one to love to hold him tight
To discount by love a serious oversight
Higher power has brought us together I know
She will keep us together wherever we go
Even if I live a thousand miles away
My love is pure and strong and here to stay
Standard tuning, although Martin is usually tuned down 1/2 step
Verse
Gsus2 (3x023x)
D/F# (2x023x)
Dm/F (1x023x)
G (3x003x)
A11 (x0543x)
Cadd9 (x3x030)
G5 (3x0033)
Fmaj9 (133010)
Intro
(album)
[Gsus2] [D/F#] [Dm/F] [G] [A11]
e-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
b---3------------3---3--|--------------3---3--|-----------3---3-|------------3-3P0--|
g---2--x-x---x-x-2-x-2--|----x-x---x---2-x-2--|-----x-0-x-2-x-0-|----x-------4-4P0--|
d---0--x---x---x-0-x-0--|----x---x---x-0-x-0--|-----x---x-0-x-0-|----x-------5-5P0--|
a------x-------x---x----|----x-----------x----|-----x---x---x---|----x-----0--------|
e---3--x-------x-3-x-2--|-2--x---------2-x-1--|-1-1-x---x-1-x-3-|-3--x-3/4----------|
x - stop strings percussively
Verse
[Gsus2]Hold me tight [D/F#]don't say goodnight
And I'll [Dm/F]let you know that I [G]care______[A11]_
[Gsus2]Wait a little longer [D/F#]don't let me be
And I'll [Dm/F]comfort you from the [G]storm____[A11]_
[Gsus2]It's been a long night [D/F#]tomorrow's another day
[Dm/F]Call me when you find out th[G]e answer
And I'll [A11]hope and I'll pr[Gsus2]ay
To a[D/F#] power that will [Dm/F]keep me from goin' in[G]sane in the [A11]meantime
[Cadd9]Teenage lovers caught up [G5]in this dance
[Cadd9]Pain's the price of this youn[G5]g romance[Fmaj9]
[Cadd9]How was I such a young [G5]fool to know
[Cadd9]Lord knows I got no dir[G5]ection from hom[Fmaj9]e
So I say this prayer
(Chorus)
[Gsus2]Take hold of [D/F#]me blessed powers that [Dm/F]be
Love keep us to[G5]gether
(Repeat Chords)
Down with the rain came the news
That our wild ways gonna bring us a baby boy
Wash away all those innocent dreams
Now my whole world is turned upside-down on me
And here I pray
To some power they say's gonna keep me from goin' insane
I can't be strong unless I'm by your side
My weakness tells me to run for the hills
Responsibility beckons me
To think I dreamed your kiss would set me free
Well I've never been so wrong
Chorus
(Spoken)
There cries a child so deep in the night
He needs a father somebody to set things right
I am the one to love to hold him tight
To discount by love a serious oversight
Higher power has brought us together I know
She will keep us together wherever we go
Even if I live a thousand miles away
My love is pure and strong and here to stay
