When You Return
by Jackie Greene
standard tuning, capo 3
 
        Em
There's too much work today
G            D         Em
And I don't want to do anything today
G            B
No, I don't want to
         C                     G
But the barn out there needs maintenance
    D                C
And I ain't got the patience
    C               D                A
I think I'd rather sit and watch it burn
 C                 D         B     Em
Wait right here, baby, 'til you return

Em                        G        D
All our friends come back, they annoy me
     Em                 G             B
They try to get me high, but they destroy me
       C                G
They think they do me service
      D                C
But they just make me nervous
 C                  D           A
What goes on ain't nobody's concern
      C              D         B     Em
I'll tell you everything when you return

    D        Am       Em
And I can't stand it here
     D          Am      Em
If you're not standing here
    C              G
I can't keep it together
    D               C
I can't be brave forever
     C              D                A
You know not how a man like me can yearn
      C              D         B     Em
I'll keep you by my side when you return

Em Em G D Em Em G B
C G D C C D A C D B Em

D         Am      Em
I can't stand it here
      D        Am       Em
If you're not standing here
   C                G
I wish that I was tougher
          D                C
But it serves me right to suffer
      C               D                A
You don't know how a man like me can yearn
      C              D         B     Em
I'll tell you everything when you return

        Em                  G              D
There's too much work today, and I don't care to
    Em                      G                D
Do all the things they say, 'cause it's not fair to
            C           G
Turn this house into a home
    D               C
It can't be done alone
 C                 D                A
Give me one more chance that I may earn
 C               D         B     Em
Earn back you, baby, when you return

Em C G D Em C G D
Em C G D Em C G D
Em C G D Em C G D
Em C G D Em C G D