Tom: C
C
G
I can't tell you what it means
D
Em
When you are here, I am at ease
C
G
I don't blame you when you're gone
D
Em
For the sadness in my song
C
G
That weight is mine alone, that shadow is my own
D
F#m
Em
The coast is never clear
C
G
I'll wait for morning though, you will arrive
D
Em
So we can watch that shadow disappear
C
G
D
G
If you try to be with me, I will try to get by
C
Em
Some say I'm a fool for waiting
G
C
They don't know, this fool doesn't mind
G
C
They tell me Give it up
G
Em
But I won't ever give it up
verse 2
C
G
Because when the night does fade
D
Em
I'm alive in the strangest way
C
G
Those first few cracks of dawn
D
Em
Are a taste of what's to come
C
G
And yes I hum and haw about nothing at all
D
F#m
Em
I get lost in fear
C
G
D
But no thief or act of god could take this grin I've got
Em
I know you will be here
C
G
D
G
And if you try to be with me, I will try to get by
C
Em
Some say I'm a fool for waiting
G
C
They don't know, this fool doesn't mind
G
C
They tell me Give it up?
G
Em
But I won't ever give it up
Bridge
C
So what she's in your head?
D
She's gonna leave again?
Em
What's gonna happen then?
G
She's just enabling
C
And there is truth to that
D
But I ain't holding back
Em
G
If you try, try, try
C
G
D
G
Try to be with me, I will try to get by
C
Em
Some say I'm a fool for waiting
G
C
They don't know, this fool doesn't mind...
C
G
D
G
If you try to be with me, I will try to get by
C
Em
Some say I'm a fool for waiting
G
C
They don't know, this fool doesn't mind
G
They tell me Give it up
C
G
C
But I won't ever give it up
G
C
Oh, and they tell me Give it up
G
C
But I won't ever give it up