Cmaj9 Cmaj9#11 G You fold his hands and smooth his tie You gently lift his chin Cadd2 Were you really so blind And unkind to him? Em9 Can't help the itch to touch, to kiss To hold him once again F6/9 Now to close his eyes Am11 Csus2 Never open them G7(no3) C/G Cm/G G A shadow passed, a shadow passed Cm6/G G C/G G Yearning, yearning A7 Cmaj9 For the fool it called a home G Cadd2 All things he never did are left behind Em9 All the things his mama wished he'd bear in mind F6/9 And all his dad had hoped he'd know Am11 Cadd2 F6/9 Oh... (Same as verse) The talks you never had The Saturdays you never spent All the grown-up places You never went And all of the crying You wouldn't understand You just let him cry Make a man out of him A shadow passed, a shadow passed Yearning, yearning For the fool it called a home All things he ever wished are left behind All the things his mama did to make him mind And how his dad had hoped he'd grow All things he ever lived are left behind All the fears that ever flickered through his mind All the sadness that he'd come to own A shadow past, a shadow past Yearning, yearning For the fool it called a home Csus2 A7 Cmaj9 And it whistles through the ghosts still left behind It whistles through the ghosts still left behind Em13 It whistles through the ghosts still left behind