Lucinda Williams : West

IV

G

C

G

C

Are you alright? All the sudden you went away Are you alright? I hope you come back around someday Are you alright? I haven't seen you in a real long time Are you alright? Could you give me some kind of sign Are you alright? I looked around me and you were gone Are you alright? I feel like there must be something wrong Are you alright? 'Cause it seems like you disappeared Are you alright? 'Cause I been feeling a little scared

C

G

Are you alright?

D

C

Are you sleeping through the night? Do you have someone to hold you tight? Do you have someone to hang out with? Do you have someone to hug and kiss you

C

Hug and kiss you,Hug and kiss you?

C

G

Are you alright? Are you alright? Is there something been bothering you? Are you alright? I wish you'd give me a little clue Are you alright? Is there something you wanna say? Are you alright? Just tell me that you're OK Are you alright? 'Cause you took off without a word Are you alright? You flew away like a little bird Are you alright? Is there anything I can do? Are you alright? 'Cause I need to hear from you Are you alright? Are you sleeping through the night? Do you have someone to hold you tight? Do you have someone to hang out with? Do you have someone to hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you,Hug and kiss you? Are you alright? Are you alright? Are you alright? Hey...

G

C

G

I'm learning how to live

C

G

C

G

Cadd9

Without you in my life

G

C

G

I'm learning how to live

C

G

C

G

Cadd9

Without you in my life

C

D

G

Em

I'll take the best of what you had to give

C

D

G

Em

I'll make the most of what you left me with

C

D

G

Cadd9

I'm learning how to live

C

D

G

Em

They say the best is still yet to come But the taste of you is still on my tongue I can't forget and I won't even try To erase your image and the way you made me cry

C

D

G

I'm learning how to live

C

D

G

Em

All I have left is this dime store ring But I wouldn't trade it for anything The days ahead will never be the same For you I might even change my name

C

D

G

Cadd9

I'm learning how to live I'm learning how to live Without you in my life I'm learning how to live Without you in my life

C

D

G

Em

I'll take the best of what you had to give I'll make the most of what you left me with

C

D

G

Em

I'm learning how to live I'm learning how to live I'm learning how to live

Capo:

I

G

Some think a fancy funeral will be worth every cent

G

C

But every dime or nickel is money better spent

C

G

Better spent on groceries or covering the bills

G

C

Em

G

Instead of little luxuries and unnecessary frills

G

Lovely yellow daffodils and lacy pillow fringe

G

C

Pretty little angels for everyone to see

C

G

Lily of the valley and long black limousines

G

C

Em

G

It's three or four months' salaries just to pay for all those things

Instrumental verse

G

So don't buy a fancy funeral, it's not worth it in the end

G

C

Goodbyes can still be beautiful without the money that you spend

C

G

There's no amount of riches that will bring back what you've lost

G

C

Em

G

To satisfy your wishes, no way to justify the cost

Capo:

IV

Em

Unlock my love And set me free Come fill me up With ecstasy Surround my heartbeat with your fingertips Unbound my feet, untie my wrists Come in to my world of loneliness And wickedness and bitterness Unlock my love

Guitar break

Unsuffer me Take away the pain Unbruise, unbloody Wash away the stain Anoint my head with your sweet kiss My joy is dead, I long for bliss I long for knowledge, whisper it in my ear Undo my logic, undo my fear Unsuffer me

Guitar break

Unlock my love And set me free Come fill me up With ecstasy Unsuffer me Take away the pain Unbruise, unbloody Wash away the stain Surround my heartbeat with your fingertips Unbound my feet, untie my wrists Come in to my world of loneliness And wickedness and bitterness Anoint my head with your sweet kiss My joy is dead, I long for bliss I long for knowledge, whisper it in my ear Undo my logic, undo my fear Unsuffer me

G

C/g

G

x2

G

C/g

G

I can't feel my love anymore

G

C/g

G

I can't feel my love anymore

C/g

G

The mystery and the splendor don't thrill me like before

C/g

G

And I can't feel my love anymore I don't want to talk to anyone I don't want to talk to anyone All the words that used to work have melted in the sun And I don't want to talk to anyone

C/g

G

Faces look familiar but they don't have names

C/g

G

Towns I used to live in have been rearranged

C/g

G

Highways I once traveled down don't look the same

Am

Everything has changed

C/g

Everything has changed I can't find my joy anywhere I can't find my joy anywhere All the magic vanished into the misty air And I can't find my joy anywhere Now I don't know where my faith has gone Now I don't know where my faith has gone From the wonder I had a sense of to the brightest star that shone Now I don't know where my faith has gone Faces look familiar but they don't have names Towns I used to live in have been rearranged Highways I once traveled down don't look the same Everything has changed Everything has changed

C/g

G

Em

Am

Where, where is my love?

Em

Am

Where, where is my love?

G

D

C

Is my love in Helena?

G

D

C

Eating sweet potato pies

G

D

C

Sure as hell won't be tellin' ya

Am

D

Even as much as a little white lie Is my love in Tupelo? Whispering down the blues Knowing things he shouldn't know And giving away what he can't use Where, where is my love? Where, where is my love? Where, where is my love? Where, where is my love? Is my love in Birmingham? Making honey from the bees Overjoyed to be my man And rolling up his flannel sleeves Is my love in Gainesville? Grinning, radiant and warm Drinking whiskey 'til he's had his fill Inspired by a summer storm Where, where is my love? Where, where is my love?

Capo:

IV

C

F

x4

C

F

Come out west and see

C

F

The best that it could be

Am

F6

I know you won't stay permanently

C

F6

C

But come out west and see I climb up on the rocks And stretch out in the sun And close my eyes and let My imagination run I'm tracing your initials In the shining sand I'm counting up the days Till I see you again

F

Em

Who knows what the future holds

F

G

Or where the cards may fall?

F

Em

But if you don't come out west and see

F

G7

You'll never know at all

Instrumental verse (single part) + chorus

I look off in the distance And blow a kiss away A thousand miles between us Will disappear someday I watch as all the starlings Fly in from the north The beating of their wings Echoes the beating of my heart I sleep out in the desert Under the stars above And keep making an effort To wander in your love Who knows what the future holds Or where the cards may fall? But if you don't come out west and see You'll never know at all Come out west and see The best that it could be I know you won't stay permanently But come out west and see

Lucinda Williams : West
2007

Are You Alright?

Learning How To Live

Fancy Funeral

Unsuffer Me

Everything Has Changed

Where Is My Love?

West

Lucinda Williams : West 2007

Are You Alright?

Learning How To Live

Fancy Funeral

Unsuffer Me

Everything Has Changed

Where Is My Love?

West

Lucinda Williams : West
2007