Key: C
Introduction: C C9M C/E C/F
C C9M
How do you say to slow down
C/E
How can you stop and yell it out
C/F
When the carousel is moving so fast
C C9M
How can you stop a moving train
C/E
Pause the stars to watch again
C/F
Cause you missed them tonight
C9M C C/F C9M
I'll take your time if you take these rhymes
C C/F(let
And hold them in your heart forever
C C9M Am7
Cause I only want what you want
C/F C
And I only have what's yours to give
C9M Am7
And If I must take the long way home
C/F C
I need you to walk with me
C9M Am7 C
With me
C C9M
Given each day is a battlefield
Am7
Here I stand with my sword and shield
F
Waiting for your love to come home
C C9M
And I will fight for your every word
Am7
From years of fighting for me first
F
For me first
C9M C F C9M
I'll take your time if you take these rhymes
C F C9M
And hold them in your heart forever, forever
C F C9M
I'll take your time if you take these rhymes
C F
And hold them in your heart forever
Am7 F C Em
...with me-E-E-E
Am7 F
I've travelled far
C
Is it far enough
Em Am7
For you and I to know the more I want the less you take away
F
If you've ever lost
C
Then you've never loved
F C
So I'll keep on walking, keep walking until the end
C9M Am7
And If I must take the long way home
C/F C9M
I need you to walk with me
C C/F C9M
I'll take your time if you take these rhymes
C C/F
And hold them in your heart forever