Verse
Cm Fm G# Cm
like the memory from your mother's house from before you got too old
Cm Fm G# Cm
like the feeling from a photograph before it's meanings all got told
A# Fm D# Fm
the words I say can be silver, but what's left unsaid can be gold
Fm (slide or hammer on D# string from 2 to 4)
so get to know me once I go away
Cm
Cm Fm G# Cm
maybe 'cause I come from such an empty-hearted town
Cm Fm G# Cm
or maybe 'cause some love of mine had really let me down
A# Fm D# Fm
but the only time I am lonely is when others are around
Fm (slide or hammer on D# string from 2 to 4)
I just never end up knowing what to say
Cm
[Chorus]
G# D#
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I'd find myself a maid
A# Fm
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn't need to get paid
G# D#
if I wanted someone to understand me, I'd have so much more to say
A# Gm G#
I want you to make the days move easy
[Verse]
Cm Fm G# Cm
I took everything I thought from what it means to be a man
Cm Fm G# Cm
we need words to be put to what we do not understand
A# Fm D# Fm
while you lean into the echoes and you do not raise a hand
Fm (slide or hammer on D# string from 2 to 4)
oh woman, help me see it like it is
[Chorus]
G# D#
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I'd find myself a maid
A# Fm
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn't need to get paid
G# D#
if I wanted someone to understand me, I'd have so much more to say
A# Gm G#
I want you to make the days move easy
Cm Fm G# Cm Cm Fm G# Cm A# Fm D# Fm
Cm
[Chorus]
G# D#
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I'd find myself a maid
A# Fm
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn't need to get paid
G# D#
if I wanted someone to understand me, I'd have so much more to say
A# Gm G#
I want you to make the days move easy
G# D#
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I'd find myself a maid
A# Fm
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn't need to get paid
G# D#
if I wanted someone to cut me down, I'd have handed you the blade
A# Gm G#
I want you to make the days move easy
A# Gm Gm G#
I just want you to make the days move easy
Cm Fm G# Em