Key: E
Introduction:
E C#m G#m A B
I drove through the desert last night
E C#m G#m A B
I carried the weight of our last fight
E C#m G#m
Elvis singing 'Don't be Cruel' and I wonder if you feel it too
A B
It's like we're going under
C#m F#m G#m
Somewhere outside the lonely Esmeralda County line
A B
The question of my heart came to my mind
A E
If I go on with you by my side
A E B A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
E B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
E C#m G#m A B
Maybe a thief stole your heart
E B C#m
Or maybe we just drifted apart
A B E C#m
I remember driving in my daddy's car to the airfield
G#m A B
Blanket on the hood, backs against the windshield
C#m F#m G#m
Back then this thing was running on momentum, love and trust
A B
That paradise is buried in the dust
A E
If I go on with you by my side
A E B A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
E B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
(The way it was, it was)
F#m C#m G#m
All of our plans are falling through
F#m B
Sometimes a dream, it don't come true
A E
Darling. Darling
A E B A
(If we go on can it be) Can it be the way it was when we met?
E B
Did you forget all about them golden nights?
A E
If I go on with you by my side
A E B F#m
Can it be the way it was
E
My heart is true, girl, it's just you
B E
I'm thinking of, Can it be the way it was?
E C#m G#m A B
(Maybe a thief stole your heart)