• Song:

    Sweet Illusions

  • Artist:

    Ryan Adams

  • Album:

    Cold Roses (Internation...

Ryan Adams
Sweet Illusions
Cold Roses
Capo 2
 
by Michael G. Drexler

Intro:
(by Thomas Young)

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Am (x02210@1)             GLet (320003@1)me go I'm only letting you down
C (x32010@1)             FI (133211@1)'ve got nothing to say to you now
Am (x02210@1)                  GI (320003@1)lose the feelings that are weighing me down
       C (x32010@1)        FWhen (133211@1)I'm safe
Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)    
It's turning morning all the birds sing
C (x32010@1)             FI'm (133211@1)not complicating anything
Am (x02210@1)                   GI'll (320003@1)have another then I'll go to bed
        C (x32010@1)       FBut (133211@1)I'll dream of you

AmCause (x02210@1)it's almost over
GAnd (320003@1)it's almost gone

C (x32010@1)              FAnd (133211@1)I can feel the sweet illusion, coming
Am (x02210@1)      GSweet (320003@1)confusion, honey
C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        GSweet (320003@1)illusion coming down
G (320003@1)                           DmAnd (xx0231@1)I ain't got nothing but love for you now

(Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am F C G : Intro part)

Am (x02210@1)            GYou (320003@1)and I used to shine like a jewel
C (x32010@1)                 FBut (133211@1)times been nothing to us but cruel
Am (x02210@1)                GSo (320003@1)play it out and never played the fool
C (x32010@1)              FCause (133211@1)you'll lose every time

Am (x02210@1)                 GWe (320003@1)were nothing, we were only the past
C (x32010@1)          FHard (133211@1)times like that don't last
Am (x02210@1)                GI've (320003@1)been forgiven, I've been surpassed
CBy (x32010@1)my heart
FHave (133211@1)you?

AmCause (x02210@1)it's almost over
GAnd (320003@1)it's almost gone

C (x32010@1)              FAnd (133211@1)I can feel the sweet illusion, coming
Am (x02210@1)      GSweet (320003@1)confusion, honey
C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        AmSweet (x02210@1)illusion coming down
G (320003@1)                          
And I ain't got nothing but love for you 

Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)         GLove (320003@1)for you I can't use
     Dm (xx0231@1)            F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)   
And lonely nights multiplied by the blues
           GThat (320003@1)I can't resolve
Am (x02210@1)               GYou (320003@1)never knew me but I did my best
C (x32010@1)           FI'm (133211@1)just lonely inside I guess
Am (x02210@1)                  GYou (320003@1)gave me everything you really tried
CThanks.... (x32010@1)
Am (x02210@1)                  GIf (320003@1)we were nothing and we're only the past
C (x32010@1)                 FThen (133211@1)I'm just living in a dream I guess
Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)                  CA (x32010@1)long black dream that takes me down the river to you

(repeat chorus)
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