Song: Things Stay The Same
Artist: Tom Purdom
Album: Almost Forgotten
From: Eddie Dantes chsingamy@aol.com

Song by a virtually unknown musician but is growing in the south.
Check out his stuff at

www.mp3.com/asimplehaven

Tunning - Drop D (DADGBE)
Can be played just fine in standard.

Chords - D  :000232:
	 D/B:020230: (x20232@1)	Cadd9:032030: (x32030@1)	Dadd9:054050: (x43141@2)	  D5:057777: (xx023x@1)	   G:550430: (320003@1)	  Bm:024430: (x24432@1)	   A:777997: (x02220@1)

D (xx0232@1)       				D/BAnd (x20232@1)when all this time's on my hands
Cadd9 (x32030@1)			Dadd9And (x43141@2)dreaming makes the sun fade away
D (xx0232@1)			D/BI (x20232@1)know depending on all my friends
Cadd9 (x32030@1)		Dadd9Leads (x43141@2)you to wish me to change
D (xx0232@1)			D/BIts (x20232@1)all the same to this simple mind
Cadd9 (x32030@1)			Dadd9Leads (x43141@2)you to pride and truth
D (xx0232@1)			D/BAnd (x20232@1)all the things that stay the same
Cadd9 (x32030@1)			Dadd9Will (x43141@2)steal the breath from you

D   D/B   Cadd9   Dadd9

D (xx0232@1)		   D/BI'm (x20232@1)gonna take all of these rocks and
Cadd9 (x32030@1)		Dadd9Throw (x43141@2)them into the sea
D (xx0232@1)		  D/BIf (x20232@1)one should get up and float away
Cadd9 (x32030@1)		Dadd9I (x43141@2)know thats what I'll need

**Chorus**

	   GAnd (320003@1)I feel
D5Like (xx023x@1)I'm someone else
	   GAnd (320003@1)it seems
D5To (xx023x@1)be my soul
	  GAnd (320003@1)I feel
D5That (xx023x@1)I cannot tell
    BmIf (x24432@1)this life is short
    	ABut (x02220@1)a living hell
	   GAnd (320003@1)I feel
D5That (xx023x@1)she's to blame
		GFor (320003@1)my heart my soul
	  D5And (xx023x@1)my eager frame of mind
		BmSo (x24432@1)whats my hurry then
		AIts (x02220@1)all these little things that stay the same

And I feel

D (xx0232@1) D/B (x20232@1) Cadd9Dadd9

D (xx0232@1)		D/BI'll (x20232@1)make some empty promises
Cadd9 (x32030@1)		Dadd9And (x43141@2)we'll both smile and nod
D (xx0232@1)		D/BWe'd (x20232@1)cried how could we get through this
Cadd9 (x32030@1)		Dadd9And (x43141@2)then we'd laugh at the thought
D (xx0232@1)		D/BFor (x20232@1)its love, sweet love, its our common goal
Cadd9 (x32030@1)					Dadd9And (x43141@2)all these things that stay the same, will steal my soul

*Chorus*

*Chorus 2*
	   GAnd (320003@1)I feel
D5 (xx023x@1)		GThings (320003@1)have been the same
D5 (xx023x@1)	GSince (320003@1)she went away
D5 (xx023x@1)		BmAll (x24432@1)I know its just the way
			   AShe (x02220@1)moves across a crowded room
	  GAnd (320003@1)I feel
D5 (xx023x@1)		GThat (320003@1)time and time again
D5 (xx023x@1)		GAll (320003@1)we have are friends
D5 (xx023x@1)		 BmBut (x24432@1)oh my God its just the way
				AShe (x02220@1)moves, its just the way she moves


G (320003@1)		D5And (xx023x@1)I feel the dark is straight ahead
G (320003@1)		D5But (xx023x@1)all I have can't be replaced
G (320003@1)		D5And (xx023x@1)somethings must never change
Bm (x24432@1)		AThese (x02220@1)feelings, about here
G (320003@1)		D5And (xx023x@1)I hold my heart, in my hands
G (320003@1)		D5Letting (xx023x@1)life just fall whereever
G (320003@1)		D5And (xx023x@1)I can't help but wonder if
Bm (x24432@1)		AI'll (x02220@1)ever fall in love again
		DAnd (xx0232@1)I feel.

There it is, in a nutshell.  Great song, great artist, check him out!

-eddie