| Note: I moved the words around to reflect the chord progression/rhythm, rather than the prose/sentences |
| N.B. You can just play 'G' chord thru 1st two lines of verses (leave out 'C' chord) and right-hand-damp a bluesy-country-gospel rhythm |
| Verse: |G C|G|G C|G|Em|C D|G C|G| |
| Chorus: |D|D|C|G|Em|Em|C|D| |
| Refrain: |C|C|G|G|Em|C D|G|G|G|C|G|G|Em|C D|G|G| |
| No cbords | |
| Well, I guess that I was |
| G | C | G | |
| lonely | that's why I called you on the |
| G | C | G | |
| phone | 'cause in a moment of for- |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| giveness | I didn't | wanna be | alone |
| G | |
| and I guess that I was |
| G | C | G | |
| willin' | more than I ever was |
| G | C | G | |
| before | cause in a moment of for- |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| giveness | I come a | knockin' at your | door |
| D | |
| baby, I woke up cryin' last night just to |
| C | G | |
| realize that you were | gone, has it been |
| Em | |
| two long years without you? |
| C | D | |
| when are you gonna come | home? |
| D | |
| Well I guess that I was |
| G | C | G | |
| hopin' | that you'd finally under- |
| G | C | G | |
| stand | and in a moment of for- |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| giveness | you'd reach | out and take my | hand |
| Baby, I |
| C | |
| know you're not one for bearing |
| G | |
| witness, when you told me that |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| one wrong | move is gonna | sell you out | I see that you |
| G | C | G | C | G | |
| kept your word and | made it harder than it | had to be | wish I could save you the |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| trouble, baby | give you a | little peace of | mind |
| (instrumental verse) |
| D | |
| baby, I woke up cryin' last night just to |
| C | G | |
| realize that you were | gone, has it been |
| Em | |
| two long years without you? Tell me now... |
| C | D | |
| when are you gonna come | home? |
| D | |
| Well I guess that I was |
| G | C | G | |
| hopin' | that you'd finally under- |
| G | C | G | |
| stand | and in a moment of for- |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| giveness | you'd reach | out and take my | hand | and in a moment of for |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| giveness | you'd reach | out and take my | hand |