| A | G | D | E | |
| Surely there's a | way I could | please you |
| A | G | D | E | |
| Only in your | past, lie the | tears |
| A | G | D | F | |
| Surely there's a da | y you can s | ay went your | way |
| E | E | A | |
| Some illusion you can ke | ep through the years. |
| A | G | D | E | |
| Only if I lie | d could I love | you |
| A | G | D | E | |
| Nothing of our | lives could we | share |
| A | G | D | F | |
| Only could we | try to get | by on a | sigh |
| E | E | A | |
| Just because, | just this once, I was | there. |