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