♫ Verse 1: F C G Am Honey I was wrong I had to walk down to turn G F C G Am G Get a good look at my ways and hell maybe I’ve learned something F C G Am From wringing out my shame - I had to lay down with her G F C G Am G If just to see it was the same thing that got me before ♫ Interlude: F C G
♫ Verse 2: F C G Am Honey I was right I thought about it all night G F C G Am G I looked the snake right in his face I’ve seen the way he blinks that eye at me F C G Am But I am not afraid I’ve heard we’re all gonna die G F C G Am G In a cascade of system failure or in the blink of an eye ♫ Interlude: F C G F C G ♫ Verse 3: F C G Am Honey I would bet that I’d be just as upset G F C G Am I’d be at least as mad as you were when we crawled into my bed G F C G Am But I do regret running right up to the red G F C G Am G I hope the waters down in Assateague are clearing your head ♫ Interlude: F C G Am G F C G ♫ Verse 4: F C G Am Maybe it was wrong to meet you out in State College G F C G Am As if we were still together, like I was your only option G F C G Am But I’m not - and you know that I’m not as true as I thought G F C G Am G But I’d still drive for several hours on a dime if you dropped it ♫ Instrumental: F C G Am G F C G F C G Am G F C G ♫ Verse 5: F C G Am Honey you were kind to tell me that it’s alright G F C G Am I know my fault is that I speak every **** thought in my mind G F C G Am But I want you to know that I’ll be holding that line G F C And I believe in all your mercy G Am G F C G And in the weight of the tide as it is pulling you back towards me Am G F C You know that I am always yours if you’ll still have me G Am G F C G Though you’re tired from that long walk over the chasm Am G F C G But my idea of love is that it’s lasting Am G F C G Am G But my idea of love is that it’s lasting ♫ Outro: F C G Am G F C G F C G Am G F C G F