I actually transposed this so if you are looking to play it exactly like TCC then you
to put your capo on the 8th fret which is rediculous. I usually play it on capo 4 and it
fine and its a lot easier to sing.
Capo 4
Intro
Em C G D
Em C
A summer drive away from dying:
a broken heart nothing to lose.
I know it hurts so bad just trying
to please the ones you hate to love.
Am7 C Em D
And I wrote this note about someone I used to know
Am7 C
so I'd remember how life can be so short
C
when your left alone to wonder how it is
C G
someone opens and shuts the door.
D C
I know your cold but come home.
G D C
It's a shame how short we all have come.
Em C G D
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Em C
You set your mind on cruise control;
knuckles grip the wheel in fear to let it go.
Am7 C Em
Love is empty ,love is cruel, love it blindly breaks the rules.
D
How could you have been a fool?
Am7
It's something all of us go through.
C
You choke back tears and swallow lies
Em
but those wiper blades won't fix you eyes,
D G
count on having clouded vision for at least a little while.
D C
And I know you're cold but come home:
G D C G
it's a shame how short we all have come.
D C
And I know you're cold but come home.
Em D C
Please don't face the headlights of the oncoming cars alone.
Em C G D
We wont forget the pa---st.
Em C G D G
We wont forget the pa---st. (And I know you're cold)
D Em
Say all the answers and I will let you go
C
I wont look back
G
and I wont look back.
D
Say all the answers
Em
and I will let you go.
C
I will let you go.
G
I will let you go
D Em C
Em D C
Please don't face the headlights of the oncoming cars alone
G
and I will let you go..
