Key: :[F#] (w: David Gates)

INTRO:
[F#] [^sus4] [F#] [^sus2]
[F#] [^sus4] [F#] [^sus2]

VERSE 1:
[F#] You [F#/F] sheltered me from [D#m] harm [D#m/C#]
Kept me [B] warm [Bm], kept me [F#] warm [C#sus4] [C#]
[F#] You [F#/F] gave my life to [D#m] me [D#m/C#]
Set me [B] free [Bm], set me [F#] free [C#sus4] [C#]

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[G#m] The finest [B] years I ever [C#] knew [C#sus4] [C#]
[G#m] For all the [B] years I had with [C#] you

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

BREAK: [F#] [^sus4] [F#] [^sus2]

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

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[G#m] Nobody [B] else could ever [C#] know [C#sus4] [C#]
[G#m] the part of [B] me that can't let [C#] go

REPEAT CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
Is there [D#m] someone you know, you're [F#/C#] loving them so
But [Bmaj7] taking it all for granted
You may [G#m] lose them one day, someone [B/F#] takes them away
And you [E] don't hear a word they [C#] say

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO:
Just to [B] have you back a-[F#]-gain
Just to [B] touch you, once a-[F#]-gain