Some days I look outside my window
Wonder where the time goes
Why I throw it away
One day I’ll tie up all the loose ends
Ring up my best friends
And have something to say

PRE-CHORUS:
When all of the pieces fall into place
Where was I when the roof caved in?
How did I get here again?
Good intentions gone astray

CHORUS:
When I get my head around
What it is that keeps me down?
Wouldn’t that be something, something to say?

Wouldn’t that be something?

Wouldn’t that be something?

Some days I look a little deeper
There’s nothing to see here
No reason to stay
One day I’ll rise to the occasion
Accept the invitation
Blow the cobwebs away

PRE-CHORUS:
When all of the pieces fall into place
Where was I when the roof caved in?
How did I get here again?
Good intentions gone astray

CHORUS:
When I get my head around
What it is that keeps me down?
Wouldn’t that be something, something to say?

Wouldn’t that be something?

Wouldn’t that be something?
Wouldn’t that be something?

INTRO: G D Em D (2x)

It’s a long way back
Down a lonely road
And the cold hard facts
Make for a heavy load
The forgiveness you ask could heal your soul
N.A. Em D Em D
But it’s a long way back (long way back)
Yeah, it’s a long way back

And I might let you in
And I might let you twist
Pardon every sin
Seal the bargain with a kiss
Too much has passed for me to walk you through this
N.A. Em D Em D
And it’s a long way back (long way back)
Yeah, it’s a long way back (long way back)

BRIDGE:
Wake up the world has changed and nothing is quite the same
A cold and bitter wind is hot on your heals, old friend_______
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

INSTRUMENTAL: Em D Em D Em D A D

It’s a long way back
From where I stand
You’re clean off the map
Knee deep in no-man’s land
You ain’t got no one to ask____ for a helping hand
N.A. Em D Em D
And it’s a long way back (long way back)
Yeah, it’s a long way back (long way back)
Long way back
It’s a long way back

INTRO: G C (4x) C F C F F-C-G

I’d almost convinced myself it wasn’t true[F-C-G]
‘Til the very moment he walked in with you[F-C-G]
Now I’m pretending I’m not staring at the proof
There’s no denying
Inside I’m crying
As I watch you walk off with all my dreams___

CHORUS:
There goes my whole world up in smoke
And I might be laughing, if I weren’t the joke
There goes my whole world with someone new
There goes my whole world
There goes my whole world with you[F-C-G]

Hope you never find yourself here in my place[F-C-G]
Watching him with someone else, while your heart breaks[F-C-G]
Little bit of that sure goes a long, long way
And I will remember
This day forever
As I watch you walk off with all my dreams___

CHORUS:
There goes my whole world up in smoke
And I might be laughing, if I weren’t the joke
There goes my whole world with someone new
There goes my whole world
There goes my whole world with you[F-C-G]

CHORUS:
There goes my whole world up in smoke
And I might be laughing, if I weren’t the joke
There goes my whole world with someone new
There goes my whole world
There goes my whole world with you
There goes my whole world with you

INTRO: Am F Am F

You said you love me
I think you meant it at the time
Time has a way of
Changing, that’s the nature of the crime

I want a love that makes me light up like the sun
Yeah, I want a love that doesn’t make me want to run, run
Not the kind of love where I wake up with a start
In the early morning hours with a feeling in my heart

That there’s a joke that I’m not getting
There’s a turn I must have missed
No, not the kind that leaves me hanging
In the wind to twist
No, no, no, not a love like this
Not a love like this

Well, I thought I knew you
These days you’re anybody’s guess
Take me or leave me
I’m tired of settling for less

‘Cause I want a love that makes me wanna weep
‘Cause I have never known the taste of anything so sweet
Not the kind of love where I wake up with a start
In the early morning hours with a feeling in my heart

That there’s a joke that I’m not getting
There’s a turn I must have missed
No, not the kind that leaves me hanging
In the wind to twist
No, no, no, not a love like this
No, not a love like this

INTERLUDE: F Am G Am G F

‘Cause I want a love that makes me light up like the sun
Yeah, I want a love that doesn’t make me want to run, run
Not the kind of love where I wake up with a start
In the early morning hours with a feeling in my heart

That there’s a joke that I’m not getting
There’s a turn I must have missed
No, not the kind that leaves me hanging
In the wind to twist
No, no, no, not a love like this
Oh, not a love like this

Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997
From: linaria@hotmail.com
Subject: Kim Richey songs

THOSE WORDS WE SAID (Kim Richey & Angelo)

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[Actually in Ab/Fm; capo 1.]
[This is Kim Richey’s version. Trisha Yearwood’s version is different in
the following ways: (a) It’s in A/F#m (capo 2); (b) No acoustic guitar
intro, and shorter intro overall; (c) The end of the guitar solo is
different; (d) The ending is shorter.]
[The A’s in parentheses among the Em’s are short.]
[I think Kim plays the Em parts as Em Em/G Em Em/G; that is, she uses her
pinky or ring finger on the 3rd fret of the low E string to raise the bass
note to a G on the backbeat (2 & 4).]

Acoustic guitar intro: see tab at end of file.

[(A)] [intro][(A)][(A)][(A)][(A)]

I left you with nothing but a few tears in my eyes
Now I’m halfway down the interstate past Highway 99
It’s just me and one good wiper blade up against the rain

And I [C(9)]still hear the [C(9)]echoes of those bitter words we said
And I could [C(9)]drive a million m[C(9)]iles and never drive them from my head
D Em Em (A) Em Em (A)
Those words we said

No matter how I try, I can’t get far enough away
Every sad song on my radio sounds like it’s custom made
By some devil on my shoulder that keeps whispering in my ear

And I [C(9)]still hear the [C(9)]echoes of those bitter words we said
And I could dr[C(9)]ive a million m[C(9)]iles and never drive them from my
hea[-]d[D/C][D/B][-][D/A]

Those words that wounded like an arrow to the hear[-]t
C(9)
And keep me driving, driving

[guitar solo][-][D/C][D/B][-][D/A]

And I [C(9)]still hear the [C(9)]echoes of those bitter words we said
And I could dr[C(9)]ive a million m[C(9)]iles and never drive them from my head
D Em Em (A)
Those words we said
Those words [(A)]we said[(A)]

[repeat Em Em (A) several times, and end on Em.]

ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO:

Guitar #1 plays this part twice, then strums a Cmaj7 chord (x32000):

|----------------|----------0-----|----------------|--------0-------|
|----------------|--------0---0---|----------------|----------0-----|
|----------------|0-----0-------0-|----------------|0-----0-----0---|
|----4---0-----2-|----2-----------|----4---0-----2-|----2---------2-|
|--2-------2-0---|--3-------------|--2-------2-0---|--3-------------|
|0-----3---------|----------------|0-----3---------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Guitar #2 plays this part the second time through:

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---|
|/4----------2---|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|---|
|------5---------|--4---------2---|/4----------2---|--------0-------|---|
|----------------|----------------|------5---------|--4---------2---|/7-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^

Gm7 x20032
G6 020033
Cadd9 – x32030

(capo 5th fret)

Intro – G – G7M – Cadd9 2x’s

(verse 1)
Close the door
And leave the world behind you
Open a window
Listen to the breeze flow through the pines
Take a deep breath
What more can you do

(chorus)
Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
G6 G Gm7 – Cadd9

In a blanket of star——light

I’ll whisper you a lullaby[-]
Let the sun fall down[-][-]

(verse 2)
That old dark cloud
Acts like he knows you
Takes up to much time,
Time you could be spending holding me
And he can’t have you now
It’s you and me here in this room[-]

Ohh Ohh

(chorus)
Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
G6 G Gm7 – Cadd9

In a blanket of star——light

I’ll whisper you a lullaby[-]
Let the sun fall down[-]

(bridge)
The world will keep on turnin[-]g
It’ll all be there come morning
So tonigh[-]t

(chorus)
Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
G6 G Gm7 – Cadd9

In a blanket of star——light

I’ll whisper you a lulla[-]by Ohh Ohh
[-] [-]
Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
G6 G Gm7 – Cadd9

In a blanket of star——light

I’ll whisper you a lulla[-]by
Em7 – G – Cadd9 – G6 2x’3
Let the sun fall down

Outro – G – G7M – Cadd9 – G6 – Em7 – G – Cadd9 – G6

INTRO: Am F G Am F G Am

F G C ~ Am
Some learn early and some learn hard
F G C ~ Am
Somebody called me in from my backyard
F G C ~ Am
And I heard the whispers, something was wrong
And I knew you were gone

CHORUS:
But, the sun came up and the sun went down
Spring lies waiting beneath the frozen ground
And I’ll be seeing you around
N.C. Am F G
So it goes___
So it goes___

F G C ~ Am
And I made some good friends and I made mistakes
F G C ~ Am
I lost my religion and I found my faith
F G C ~ Am F
And I tried to walk down every path I chose
So it goes

CHORUS:
And the sun comes up and the sun goes down
Spring lies waiting beneath the frozen ground
And I’ll be seeing you around
N.C. Am F G
So it goes___
So it goes___

BRIDGE:
Seems like a small offering
In the grand scheme of things
But it gets me through, yeah
The thought of losing you___
Na na na naa naaaaa

CHORUS:
And the sun comes up and the sun goes down
Spring lies waiting beneath the frozen ground
And I’ll be seeing you around
N.C. Am F G
So it goes___
So it goes___

OUTRO:
F G C ~ Am
Laaa la la da da da
F G C ~ Am
La da da da da da da
F G C ~ Am
La da da da da da da
La da da da daaa

I can see the stars, all the lights
Maybe we could leave them all behind tonight
Find a place where nobody goes
Quiet place where nobody knows we’re still awake

CHORUS:
Turn me slowly, say it only if you can
And words won’t matter, you only need to understand
That I’m not going anywhere without you__

Why you start to hum when you touch me?
I’m gentle as they come, when I wanna be__
This is not the time for regrets
We have seen the worst and the best put to the test

CHORUS:
Turn me slowly, say it only if you can
And words won’t matter, you only need to understand
I’m not going anywhere without you__
Without you, without you

INSTRUMENTAL: C F C

CHORUS:
Turn me slowly, say it only if you can
Words won’t matter, you only need to understand
I’m not going anywhere without you__
Without you

OUTRO:
Na na na na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na, hmm hmm

I get to thinking sometimes
I don’t know why
I stare into the darkness
Looking for some light

And I lie awake and wonder
Late at night
Why am I the lucky one
Who has you by my side?

CHORUS:
Why does a star fall from the sky__?
How does the sun know when to rise__?
I don’t know how it came to be
But you fell in love with me
It’s one of life’s sweet mysteries

Where would I be without you?
It’s hard to say
What if our paths had never
Crossed along the way?

Ooh, I was meant to love you
I know that’s true
So that must be the reason
I’m here now with you

CHORUS:
Why does a star fall from the sky__?
How does the sun know when to rise__?
I don’t know how it came to be
But you fell in love with me
It’s one of life’s sweet mysteries
It’s one of life’s sweet mysteries
It’s one of life’s sweet mysteries

INTRO: Em D/F# G Em D/F# G

If you can say that [D/F#]you don’t love me
If you can look me [D/F#]in the eye
And say that [D/F#]you don’t love me
I could [D/F#]say goodbye

If you can tell me [D/F#]you won’t miss me
And sound convincing [D/F#]when you say
[D/F#]You won’t miss me
I could [D/F#]walk away

CHORUS:
‘Cause I don’t have a point to prove
Or a stand to make
I’m just trying to find my way
And a face to wear and a place to be
In the absence of your company
Hmmmmm[D/F#]mmmmmmmm, hmmmmm[D/F#]mmmmmmmm

If you are better [D/F#]off without me
If you truly [D/F#]do believe
That you are better [D/F#]off without me
That’s how [D/F#]you should be

CHORUS:
‘Cause I don’t have a point to prove
Or a stand to make
I’m just trying to find my way
And a face to wear and a place to be
In the absence of your company
Hmmmmm[D/F#]mmmmmmmm, hmmmmm[D/F#]mmmmmmmm

OUTRO:
And I will write you off, easy as that
If only it was as easy as that[D/F#]
Hmmmmm[D/F#]mmmmmmmm, hmmmmm[D/F#]mmmmmmmm [D/F#]