Tom: Am
                     
  Am                       G
Standing in the shadows of love,
    F                                E
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come, 
       Am                                   G
can't you see me, standing in the shadows of love
         F                           E
I'm gettin' ready for the heartaches to come.
 

      F                            C
1. I want to run but there's nowhere to go,
         F                            C
    'cause heartaches will follow me, I know.
        F                     C
    Without your love, the love I need
        F                      C
    it's the beginning of the end for me.
      Dm
    'Cause you've taken away all my reasons for living,
        A                                      A7
    when you pushed aside all the love I've been giving.
 

     Am
    Didn't I treat you right now, baby, didn't I?
 
    Didn't I do the best I could, now, didn't I? 
 
    So don't you leave me !  + CHORUS 
 

     F           C            F                C
2. All alone, my destiny, with misery  my only company.
                F                    C
    It may come today, it might come tomorrow,
         F                                    C
    but it's for sure I ain't got nothing but sorrow.
 

Dm
    Now don't your conscience try to bother you?
            A                                 A7
    How can you watch me cry after all I've done for you?
 
    Now hold on a minute !
 

     Am
    Gave you all the love I had, now, didn't I?
 
    When you needed me I was always there, now, wasn't I?
 

       F                     C
3. Standing in the shadows of love, 
     F                              C
    gettin' ready for the heartaches to come,
         F                   C
    I'm tryin' not to cry out loud,
         F                              C
    you know cryin', it ain't gonna help me now.
 

       Dm
    What did I do to cause all this grief,
      A                                    A7
    now what did I say to make you want to leave.
    
    Now wait a minute !
     Am
    Gave my heart and soul to you, now didn't I?
 
    And didn't I always treat you good, now, didn't I?
 
+ CHORUS .....