Intro: A (x4 bars)
Verso 1:
D A
A spring remembered
D
The taste of gin
D A E A
An eyelet light upon our skin
D A
Your form it lingers
D
I trace just where you've been
D A E A
The?songs we sang I'll sing again
D E
When it breaks down
D E
Oh babe let's try
F#m D A
To see the beauty in all the fading
Verso 2:
D A
I saw the river
D
Thick with mud
D A E A
Break through the banks and run
D A
And I confess I liked it
D
I cheered the flood
D A E A
When the water hit the walls and won
D E
When it breaks down
D E
Oh babe let's try
F#m D A
To see the beauty in all the fading
Ponte:
D
Hmm-mm-mmm
A
Hmm-mm-mmm
Verso 3:
D A
The roads are endless
D
They seem to grow
D A E A
Vines that wind around the world
D A
And though I hate it
D
To leave my home
D A E A
I love that car when I need to go
D E
When it breaks down
D E
Oh babe let's try
F#m D A
To see the beauty in all the fading
Ponte:
D
Hmm-mm-mmm
A
Hmm-mm-mmm
Verso 4:
D A
And O, Kentucky
D
Stays in my mind
D A E A
It's sweet to be five years behind
D A
That's where I'll be
D
When the seas rise
D A E A
Holding my dear friends and drinking wine
D E
When it breaks down
D E
Oh babe let's try
F#m D A
To see the beauty in all the fading
D E
When it breaks down
D E
When the stakes get high
F#m D A
To see the beauty in all the fading
Outro
D A (x4)
Hmm-mm-mmm, hmm-mm-mmm