ACHIN' TO BE
[from "Don't Tell a Soul"]
 
intro: (A  G  Bm  G  D)  [ch]C#/A[/ch]  G  D
 
                            A
Well she's kind of like an artist
G                D
Sittin' on the floor
                 A
Never finish it she abandons
G               D
Never shows a soul
                         A
And she's kind of like a movie
G                   D
Everyone rushes to see
                   A
And no one understands it
G                  D
Sittin' in their seats
 
       Bm                G
She opens her mouth to speak and
      F#m7            Bm
What comes out's a mystery
     G                    D
Thought about, an' I've understood
        G           D
She's achin'   to be
 
                           A
Well she dances alone in nightclubs
G                       D
Every other day of the week
                      A
People look right through her
G                      D
Baby doll check your cheek
                          A
And she's kind of like a poet
G                      D
Who finds it hard to speak
                A
Poems come so slowly
G                       D
Like the colors down a sheet  (chorus)
 
A                      G
I've been achin' for a while now, friend
A                          G     D
I've been achin' hard for years
 
(break)
 
D                        A
Well she's kind of like an artist
G                   D
Who uses paints no more
                   A
And never show what you're doing
G              D
Never show her soul
                        A
Yeah I saw one of your pictures
G                              D
There was nothin' that I could see
                     A
If no one's on your canvas
G                    D
Well, I'm achin' to be
     Bm                   G
She closes her mouth to speak and
    F#m7            Bm
Closes her eyes to see
     G               D
Thought about an' only love and
       G         D   A
She's achin' to be
G              D
  Just like me