Ryan Adams : Heartbreaker

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Young boy done me bad, went and did you wrong

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Young boy done me bad, I went and did you wrong

C7

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And I got high, Lord I got high

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I got a bone to pick with you

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And I'm sure you know it's true

Em

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Oh, one day when you're looking back

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You were young, and man you were sad

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When you're young you get sad

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When you're young you get sad

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/c

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/a

And you get high

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Oh man Young Girl, you done me bad, now I went and did you wrong Young Girl, you done me bad, so I went and did you wrong And I got high, Lord I got high You got a bone to pick with me Lord I wish you'd let me be Oh, one day when you're looking back You were young, and man you were sad When you're young you get sad When you're young you get sad And you get high Oh man

Gmaj7

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Oh the days the rain would fall your way Oh the days the rain would fall your way

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And you'll be high

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'Cause you got sad

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You got sad

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Oh man

Capo:

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Well night time let her through

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Yeah I'm talking to you, I wanna see her

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Precious little thing

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With eyes that dance around without their clothes

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Bm

So buy a pretty dress, wear it out tonight

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For anyone you think could out do me

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/b

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Or better still, be my winding wheel 'Cause I feel just like a map Without a single place to go of interest And I'm further North than South If I could shut my mouth she'd probably like this So buy a pretty dress, wear it out tonight For all the boys you think could out do me Or better still, be my winding wheel

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/b

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Be my winding wheel Well the children laugh and sing A song that ushers in her driving rain And I'm standing in the station Like some old record waiting on a train So buy a pretty dress, wear it out tonight For anyone you think could out do me Or better still be my winding wheel

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/b

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Be my winding wheel

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Be my winding wheel

Capo:

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I don't know why I let go

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I want to be your friend

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Flowers grow through my window

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And I love you again

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C#7

Oh, I love you oh

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When you laid me down into your beautiful garden

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Flowers in the love of my arms

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It's God shining through to me I guess

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B7

It's God shining through to me I guess

B7

C#7

Oh, I love you Amy

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E

Do you still love me?

Repeat intro

I go to the places where We used to, I feel sad I am out here looking for you Sometimes I pretend

B7

C#7

Oh, I miss you oh

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When you laid me down into your beautiful garden

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Flowers and the love in my arms

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Is God playing evil tricks on me?

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B7

Is God playing evil tricks on me?

B7

C#7

Oh, I love you Amy

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Do you still love me?

Capo:

II

Harp:

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(but not on the album)

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Well I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone

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C/g

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I passed up the station for the bus

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/b

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Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what

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Man I ended up with pockets full of dust So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance I was spendin' money like the way it likes to rain Man I ended up with pockets full of cane

/b

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Oh my sweet Carolina

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What compels me to go?

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Oh my sweet disposition

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May you one day carry me home I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life Building newsprint boats I raced to sewer mains Trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what Funny how they say that some things never change Oh my sweet Carolina What compels me to go? Oh my sweet disposition May you one day carry me home

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/b

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Up here in the city, it feels like things are closin' in The sunset's just my light bulb burning out I miss Kentucky and I miss my family All the sweetest winds they blow across the south Oh my sweet Carolina What compels me to go? Oh my sweet disposition

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May you one day carry me home

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Dm

Hold me up, hold me down

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G

Leave me in the withering pines

Dm

Steal my love, steal my kisses

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G

Take 'em to the bartering lines Ten cents up, two bucks down Ship it out and turn it into fuel Three bucks shy, leave it on the table Till somebody else with money's got a use Spinning so hard, I can't stand Shadow of a shadowy man Hold me up, hold my hand The treasures that she misses make the man Ten cents up, two bucks down Ship it out and turn it into fuel Three bucks shy, leave it on the table Till somebody else with money's got a use So hold me up, tie me down Leave me in the withering pines Steal my love, steal my kisses 'valuate the differences in life Ten cents up, two bucks down Ship it out and turn it into fuel Three bucks shy, leave it on the table Till somebody else with money's got a use

Capo:

III

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Oh baby why do I miss you like I do

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G

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Oh miss my sweet and the birds all singing blue

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And why and why

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Call me on your way back home, dear

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/e

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'Cause I miss you

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Honey, I ain't nothing new

Am

C/b

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Oh baby why did I treat you like I did

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Honey, I was just a kid

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Bubblegum on my shoe

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But you loved me

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And I loved you

Am

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C

Call me on your way back home, dear

Dm

/e

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'Cause I miss you

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And I just want to die without you

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Oh I just want to die without you

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Yeah I just want to die without you

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/e

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Without you

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Honey, I ain't nothing new

Capo:

III

Em

Em*

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As a man I ain't never been much for sunny days

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Em

I'm as calm as a fruit stand in New York and maybe as strange

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But when the color goes out of my eyes, it's usually the change

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C

Em

Dsus4

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But damn Sam I love a woman that rains

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Em

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Em

Clear as a bell, and sound as an old engineer

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Em

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Clear as a bell, and sound as an old engineer

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With talented breezes that blow off your hat with a sneer

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As a man I've never been much for talking to

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I'm as open as the door in her house that leads to her room

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And when the color goes out of my eyes, she's usually too

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C

Em

Dsus4

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But damn Sam I love a woman that's blue

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Em

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Em

As a man I ain't never been much for sunny days

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Em

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Em

I'm as calm as a fruit stand in New York and maybe as strange

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D

But when the color goes out of my eyes, it's usually the change

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C

Em

Dsus4

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But damn Sam I love a woman that rains

Capo:

III

Harp:

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(cross)

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x4

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Em7

When they call your name

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Will you walk right up

Am7

With a smile on your face Will you cower in fear In your favorite sweater With an old love letter

Am7

Csus2/b

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Csus2

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I wish you would...

Am7

Csus2/b

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I wish you would...

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Come pick me up, take me out

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/b

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Fuck me up, steal my records

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Screw all my friends, they're all full of shit

/b

Am

With a smile on your face

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And then do it again

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I wish you would... |

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x2

When you're walking downtown Do you with I was there? Do wish it was me? With the windows all clear And the mannequins eyes Do they all look like mine You know you could I wish you would... Come pick me up, take me out Fuck me up, steal my records Screw all my friends, behind my back With a smile on your face And then do it I wish you would... |

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G/b

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Csus2

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I wish you'd make up my bed So I could make up my mind Trying for sleeping instead Maybe you'll rest sometime |

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| ... I wish I could I wish I could I wish I could |

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Capo:

III

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Well the pills I got they ask me, "Let's go out for a while"

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D

And the knives up in the kitchen are all too dull to smile

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C

Yeah and the sun it tries to warn me, "Boy, those wings are made of wax"

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D

While the things I do to kill me, they just tell me to relax

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C

But oh, Cinderella, all dressed up in all your boots and all your charms

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D

I'm not the fellow to protect you or to keep you from all your harm

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And I don't know which is worse, to wake up and see the sun

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| Or to be the one, be the one that's gone

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And the empty bottle it misses you

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Yeah and I'm the one that it's talking to

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G

And with you and I just barely strangers

D

I'm pretty much just left the fool

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But damn, don't the streets look empty though

C

Just wandering round here without you

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| Oh the empty bottle it misses you and I'm the one it's talking to

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And I don't know which is worse

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To wake up and see the sun

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| Or to be the one, be the one that's gone

Capo:

II

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Em

x2

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Em

Oh, why do they leave?

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Em

Oh, why do they leave?

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Am

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/c

/b

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On the day that you needed them, the most

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C

Simple cards and things, rose coloured sunsets, no flowers for me Simple cards and things, rose coloured sunsets, no flowers for me

Am

C

Lover, why do you leave? Lover, why do you leave?

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/c

/b

Am

On the day that I want you for me

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Em

x2

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Em

Say, say it ain't so

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Em

That he will take you tomorrow

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/c

/b

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And I will sit here today, the worst

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C

Simple cards and things, rose coloured sunsets, no flowers for me Simple cards and things, rose coloured sunsets, it's curtains for me

Am

C

Lover, why do you leave? Lover, why do you leave?

D

/c

/b

Am

On the day that I want you to be, the world

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Em

C

x4

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A

Head on down to 9th Street, gal Let's go out kicking with the boys and the gals Wear your dress and bring my ring Someone's gonna get it, ain't gonna be me Lucy, Lucy, my gal Lucy, Lucy, my sweet Lucy, Lucy, my gal I was just gonna hit him, but I'm gonna kill him now We all met about half-past three Lucy, she was rocking by my kicking machine Too many straights and not enough grease That's when Lucy got it in the chest, I think Lucy, Lucy, my gal Lucy, Lucy, my sweet Lucy, Lucy, my gal I was just gonna hit him, but I'm gonna kill him now |

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| They started fighting, I was screaming for him Boots all dirty, sexy, and thin Then on come the lights, from the straights in their cars I was just a-laughing when I hit the floor Lucy, Lucy, my gal Lucy, Lucy, my sweet Lucy, Lucy, my gal I was just gonna hit him, but I'm gonna kill him now |

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Capo:

II

F6sus2 xx0303x

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F6sus2

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I hate this old place And what it represents And I hate who I was And who I ended up since

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Am

D/f#

But if you learned how to swim

G

In case you'd drowned Don't ask her for the water 'Cause she'll swallow you down And she's ten miles of peace And the hardest of nights And her belfry's got arch But her rooftops all right But down here in the sewer I'm smelling a rat Don't ask her for the Whiskey 'Cause her water's all that And what horses we rode Through what sombre fields With our lovers at war And the dust on their heels And the infidels screamed It's all but a lie Don't ask her for the water 'Cause she'll teach you to cry Don't ask her for the water 'Cause she'll teach you to cry And her weapon of choice Is a red patterned dress And a sack full of stones With her hands on her chest And a book full of quotes And a tight fastened lip Don't ask her for the water 'Cause you'll sink like a ship Don't ask her for the water 'Cause you'll sink like a ship

Capo:

III

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C

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C

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Will you comfort me in my time of need?

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G

D

Take away the pain and hurtful deed

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G

C

G

'Cause when we need it most there's no rain at all

C

G

D

The dust just settles right there on the field

Am

C

Will you say to me, little rain's gon' come

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D

When the sky can't offer none to me

Am

C

'Cause I will comfort you when my days are through

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C

G

And I'll let your smile just off and carry me 'Cause when the calm comes down, I take the truck on into town And buy whatever we can't seem to grow Work these hands to bleed, 'cause I got mouths to feed And I got fifteen dollars hid above the stove Will you say to me, little rain's gon' come When the sky can't offer none to me 'Cause I will comfort you when my days are through And I'll let your smile just off and carry me 'Cause it ain't like it was on back in those days When everyone would offer up a hand These old bones are worn, I've grown tired son I know my time is surely gonna come Will you say to me, little rain's gon' come When the sky can't offer none to me 'Cause I will comfort you when my days are through And I'll let your smile just off and carry me Lord we married young, stayed where we come from And gave those children everything we had Will you stay with me in my time of need? Though it seems we had such little time for love

F#

Fair haired gal

F#

B

You got a sister that's mean Hanging around the cigarette machine

C#

B

When I'm lonely she makes me feel nice When I'm lonely she makes me feel nice

F#

Steals my shirt Makes me hurt In the field where my plane went down In the field where my plane went down

F#

Sweet lil gal Sweet lil gal

F#

B

Everything's gold when she comes to me Lay there for days on the floor with my things When you're lonely she makes you feel nice When you're lonely she makes you feel nice

F#

Steals my shirt 23rd and 1st In the field where my plane went down In the field where my plane went down

F#

Sweet lil gal Sweet lil gal Sweet lil gal

Ryan Adams : Heartbreaker
2000

To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)

My Winding Wheel

Amy

Oh My Sweet Carolina

Bartering Lines

Call Me On Your Way Back Home

Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains)

Come Pick Me Up

To Be The One

Why Do They Leave?

Shakedown On 9th Street

Don't Ask For The Water

In My Time Of Need

Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)

Ryan Adams : Heartbreaker 2000

To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)

My Winding Wheel

Amy

Oh My Sweet Carolina

Bartering Lines

Call Me On Your Way Back Home

Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains)

Come Pick Me Up

To Be The One

Why Do They Leave?

Shakedown On 9th Street

Don't Ask For The Water

In My Time Of Need

Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)

Ryan Adams : Heartbreaker
2000