Tabbed by: hurryfashion


Tuning: Standard; tune down one half step to play along with the CD.

This is how I play this song from the True North CD [2000]. 
The arrangement for solo acoustic includes a riff to cover the funky bass line.  
Listen to the CD for the timing.  

Bass riff:    Part I                            Part II
        e | ------------------------------------------------------- | 
        B | ------------------------------------------------------- | 
        G | ------------------------------------------------------- | 
        D | ------------------------------------------------------- | 
        A | ----7--7----7--7--------7-----------7--7----7--7------- | 
        E | ---0--0--4----5--6-6/7-7-----------0--0--4----5--6-7--- | 


INTRO   Main Bass Riff (x 2)

NC                                                                      Riff
You can take me away from my sorrow, but you can't take away my scars. 
I stand in the middle of the highway, playing chicken with the cars.
A                          Abm         F#m            B - B4 - B    
It's not that I'm destructive; I just want to feel your pain. 

CHORUS 1
              E   A    F#m              B
If there was any way,   I could have known, 
          E        A   F#m         B
I would trip and fall,  away from you. 
              E    A   F#m              B
If there was anything,  I could have done, 
   C#m      B      A                  Riff (x2)
To stay in love with you, - with you?


NC                                                                      Riff
Wish I could say to you what you are to me, but I know it would make you sad. 
You are too good to be my lover, but you've been the greatest dad, I ever had.
      A            Abm      F#m                  B - B4 - B         
You made my life so lovely, I just had to mess it up. 

CHORUS 2
              E   A    F#m              B
If there was any way,   I could have known, 
          E       A    F#m           B
I would trip and fall,  from your grace. 
              E   A    F#m              B
If there was anything,  I could have done, 
   C#m      B       A
To stay in love with you         

BRIDGE (fingerpicked)
   C#m          C#m/C         C#m/B         Bb7b5        A       
If I knew, I'd do it twice, just to make sure that I did it right.


SOLO Break      (over chorus chords)


              E   A    F#m           B
If there was any way,   I could have known, 
          E      A     F#m     B
I would always need,    to be alone. 
             E    A    F#m              B
If there was anything,  I could have done, 
   C#m      B      A
To stay in love with you,        
   C#m     B       A          Riff
I?d be in love with you.        With you.