Bahamas – Sobering Love (Guitar)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
C            C/G        C          C/G
Who are you darling to turn me to stone?

D            D/A      D           D/A
You open my eyes but break all my bones

F                  F              Fm      Fm         C C/G C C/G
Now you want to be together after so many years alone?

C              C/G           C
Sing a song of sweetnes or a melody of hope

D                    D/A         D           D/A
When a lump leaves my pants and lands in my throat

F           F             Fm      Fm  C C/G C
How can two hands be tied without any rope
[Chorus]
              Am
Now I'm always away

        F                  C C/G C
But its you I'm thinking of

C/G   Bbmaj7                  F                    C C/G C C/G
I was walking around stoned before your sobering love
[Verse 2]
C           C/G            C          C/G
Now I had a dream for your soft paper hands

D               D/A         D           D/A
The left one would carry my wedding band

F                Fm                            C C/G C C/G
And the right one would always be reaching for her man

C              C/G             C
Now this is no home, though it may be our house

D                                 D/A                 D           D/A
And there were many-a-times I'd have rather shut than kissed that mouth

F                           Fm                  C C/G C
And I figure we can make it if I can just figure you out
[Chorus]
              Am   Am
Now I'm always away

        F                  C C/G C
But its you I'm thinking of

C/G   Bbmaj7                  F                    C C/G C C/G
I was walking around stoned before your sobering love
[Solo] [Verse 3]
C
My true love has left me, I sigh and I slouch

D
It's up to the fridge then back to the couch

F                 Fm                   C C/G C C/G
I want to believe but theres so much doubt

C          C/G           C
I told you then, when we was just teens

          D            D/A       D           D/A
I'd rather be in your heart than be in your jeans

F                    Fm             C C/G C C/G
I guess I always am, but only in dreams
[Chorus]
               Am   Am
Now I'm always away

        F       F           C C/G C
But its you I'm thinking of

C/G   Bbmaj7                  F                    C C/G C
I was walking around stoned before your sobering love

          Am   Am     F         F       C C/G C
If I ever stayed, I'd thank the lord above

C/G            Bbmaj7            F        C     Csus   C
for turning my heart back toward a drunken love