Verse
F
I remember way back when
C
I felt only ennui
G
Like nothing could complete me
F
No promise of a rising sun
C
Illuminating everyone
G
The very thought defeated
F
My life was a blinded light
C
Must be what it's like when worlds collide
G
Especially when he sees her
Pretty soon he'll tease her
F
I was on the road too long
C
My laboured lover only song
G
Not one of them a keeper
F
But if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Am
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
C G
But am I strong enough? Gm I strong enough?
F
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Am
Together forever but forever and on
C G
Is still not long enough, still not long enough
F
You look confused in your eyes
C
And I could see myself as a child
G
Such a devastating feeling
Dm G
F
I wished I could go back in time
C
But all I could do was apologize
G
Right then your eyes were healing
Cm G
Healing
F
Oh, if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Am
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
C G
But am I strong enough? Gm I strong enough?
F
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Am
Together forever but forever and on
C G
Is still not long enough, still not long enough
F C
Oh, I've been Cain but I wanna be Abel
G C F
Been a drunken fool but I wanted to be stable enough
C
To lay every one of my cards onto the table
G
Hope it's not too late for us to find a way too
F
If I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Am
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
C G
But am I strong enough? Gm I strong enough?
F
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Am
Together forever but forever and on
C G
Is still not long enough, it's still not long enough
F
I went looking inside myself for a home
Am
Find only a sapling in search of an oak
C G
But it's a start my love, oh it's a start my love
F
But am I strong enough?