Key: :[E] (w: David Gates)

INTRO:
[E] [^sus4] [E] [^sus2]
[E] [^sus4] [E] [^sus2]

VERSE 1:
[E] You [E/D#] sheltered me from [C#m] harm [C#m/B]
Kept me [A] warm [Am], kept me [E] warm [Bsus4] [B]
[E] You [E/D#] gave my life to [C#m] me [C#m/B]
Set me [A] free [Am], set me [E] free [Bsus4] [B]

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[F#m] The finest [A] years I ever [B] knew [Bsus4] [B]
[F#m] For all the [A] years I had with [B] you

CHORUS:
And [A] I would give [E] any-[F#m]-thing I [B] own
[A] Give up my [E] life, my [F#m] heart, my [B] home
[A] I would give [E] every-[F#m]-thing I [B] own [B open]
Just to [A open] have you back a-[E open]-gain

BREAK: [E] [^sus4] [E] [^sus2]

VERSE 2:
[E] You [E/D#] taught me how to [C#m] love [C#m/B]
What it's [A] all [Am], what it's [E] all [Bsus4] [B]
[E] You never [E/D#] said too much but [C#m] still you showed the [C#m/B] way
and I [A] knew [Am], from watching [E] you [^sus4] [E] [^sus2]

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[F#m] Nobody [A] else could ever [B] know [Bsus4] [B]
[F#m] the part of [A] me that can't let [B] go

REPEAT CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
Is there [C#m] someone you know, you're [E/B] loving them so
But [Amaj7] taking it all for granted
You may [F#m] lose them one day, someone [A/E] takes them away
And you [D] don't hear a word they [B] say

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO:
Just to [A] have you back a-[E]-gain
Just to [A] touch you, once a-[E]-gain