Electric guitar riff without capo (played live by Jacknife Lee)
e ----9-----------9---------------|
B -12---10-----12---10------------|
G ---------10---------------------|
D --------------------------------|
A --------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|
Solo
e -----------------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------------|
G -11--10------------------------------6---------------|
D --------13--11--13--11\4----4--6--8------6--4--------| x2
A -----------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------|
INTRO
C F x8
C
VERSE
F C
Well I want you as you are
F C
Not some collapsing star
F C
I'll wait I'll wait for good
F
What else can I do
Chorus
Am Em F
I don't want you as a ghost
Am Em F
I don't want you as a fading light
Am Em F
I don't want to be the weight you carry
Am Em F C
I just want to be the man you come home to every night
C F x2
C
VERSE
F C
Well I want you as you are
F C
Don't be someone you're not
F C
The kids that we once were
F
They wouldn't know us now
Chorus
Am Em F
I don't want you as a ghost
Am Em F
I don't want you as a fading light
Am Em F
I don't want to be the weight you carry
Am Em F G
I just want to be the man you come home to every night
G
BRIDGE
Em F G x4
Oooh...
G
SOLO
Am Em F x4
Chorus
Am Em F
I don't want you as a ghost
Am Em F
I don't want you as a fading light
Am Em F
I don't want to be the weight you carry
Am Em F
I just want to be the man you come home to
Am Em F C
I just want to be the man you come home to every night
By Mig-El