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