| G | Em | |
| With a | trembling pen in hand I | try the best I can |
| C | D | D7 | |
| To | write down all the reasons I cant | stay |
| G | Em | |
| I | hope she'll understand I can't | leave her like a man |
| C | D7 | |
| Cause a | man would never leave her this | way |
| Verse 2 (same chord progression as verse 1) |
| A note of things I should have said lays beside her sleepin head |
| As I turn and make my way off in the night |
| By the time the mornin's breakin, my heart will still be achin' |
| Every time I think of what I've left behind (pause) |
| Chorus |
| Em | Bm | C | |
| Cause I don't | wanna see me | leavin in her | eyes |
| D | C | G | D | |
| And I can't | stand to watch her | watch me make her | cry |
| Em | Bm | C | |
| And I don't | know a right way | I can do her | wrong |
| Am7 | |
| So I don't wanna | be here in the mornin |
| D | D7 | G | |
| when she wakes | up and finds me | gone G Em C D-D7 |
| Verse 3and 4 (same chord prog. as 1 and 2) |
| It hurts to know how much she'll hurt, I've told myself things could be |
| worse |
| And I've convinced myself she's better off this way |
| By the time she finds I'm gone I'll be a long long way from home |
| When she reads the note of things I couldn't say |
| Chorus then G Em |
| Am7 | |
| Lord I don't wanna | be here in the mornin |
| D | D7 | G | |
| when she wakes | up and finds me | gone |
| Outro: G Em C D G |
| this is my second attempt at transcription, i'm still learning, so please |
| help with any corrections. garthlvr@juno.com |
| at the end of the second line of the first verse and others like that |
| line, you can also go from D to Dsus2 instead of D7, both sound ok, just |
| pick up your middle finger. whatever works for you. |