When You Return
by Jackie Greene
standard tuning, capo 3
 
        EmThere's (022000@1)too much work today
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)       EmAnd (022000@1)I don't want to do anything today
G (320003@1)          BNo, (x2444x@1)I don't want to
         C (x32010@1)                   GBut (320003@1)the barn out there needs maintenance
    D (xx0232@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)I ain't got the patience
    C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)              AI (x02220@1)think I'd rather sit and watch it burn
 C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)       B (x2444x@1)   EmWait (022000@1)right here, baby, 'til you return

Em (022000@1)                      G (320003@1)      DAll (xx0232@1)our friends come back, they annoy me
     Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)           BThey (x2444x@1)try to get me high, but they destroy me
       C (x32010@1)              GThey (320003@1)think they do me service
      D (xx0232@1)              CBut (x32010@1)they just make me nervous
 C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)         AWhat (x02220@1)goes on ain't nobody's concern
      C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)       B (x2444x@1)   EmI'll (022000@1)tell you everything when you return

    D (xx0232@1)      Am (x02210@1)     EmAnd (022000@1)I can't stand it here
     D (xx0232@1)        Am (x02210@1)    EmIf (022000@1)you're not standing here
    C (x32010@1)            GI (320003@1)can't keep it together
    D (xx0232@1)             CI (x32010@1)can't be brave forever
     C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)              AYou (x02220@1)know not how a man like me can yearn
      C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)       B (x2444x@1)   EmI'll (022000@1)keep you by my side when you return

Em Em G D Em Em G B
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)       Am (x02210@1)    EmI (022000@1)can't stand it here
      D (xx0232@1)      Am (x02210@1)     EmIf (022000@1)you're not standing here
   C (x32010@1)              GI (320003@1)wish that I was tougher
          D (xx0232@1)              CBut (x32010@1)it serves me right to suffer
      C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)              AYou (x02220@1)don't know how a man like me can yearn
      C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)       B (x2444x@1)   EmI'll (022000@1)tell you everything when you return

        Em (022000@1)                G (320003@1)            DThere's (xx0232@1)too much work today, and I don't care to
    Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)              DDo (xx0232@1)all the things they say, 'cause it's not fair to
            C (x32010@1)         GTurn (320003@1)this house into a home
    D (xx0232@1)             CIt (x32010@1)can't be done alone
 C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)              AGive (x02220@1)me one more chance that I may earn
 C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)       B (x2444x@1)   EmEarn (022000@1)back you, baby, when you return

Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D