Written by Kevin Parker
Intro: Gm D F Cm Gm D F Eb7M Gm D F Cm Ever since I was a small boy Gm D F Eb7M No one else compared to you, no way Gm D F Bb I always…thought…heroes stay close Gm F Bb Eb7M Whenever…troubled times arose D Cm I didn't know D Dm Eb Ain't always…how it goes Gm D F Cm Every single word you told me Gm D F Eb7M I believed without a question, always Gm D F Bb To save all of us, you told us both to trust Gm F Bb Eb7M But now I know you only saved yourself D Cm Did you think I'd never know? D Dm Eb Never wise up as I grow? ( Gm D F Bb ) ( Gm D F Eb7M ) ( Gm D F Cm ) ( Gm F Bb Eb7M ) Gm D F Cm Gm And you could store an ocean in the holes D F Eb7M In any of the explanations that you gave Gm D F Bb And while you still had time, you had a chance Gm F Bb Eb7M But you decided to take all your sorries to the grave D Cm Did you think I'd never know? D Cm Never wise up as I grow? D Cm Did you hope I'd never doubt? D Cm Never wonder, work it out? ( D Cm F D Cm F ) ( D Cm F D Cm F ) ( D Cm F D Cm F ) ( D Cm F D Dm Eb ) ( Gm ) ( C Em Bm7 Em ) ( C Em Bm7 Em ) C Em You were runnin' for cover Bm7 Em Doin' like any other C Em Fallin' out with a lover Bm7 Em You didn't know that I suffered Bm7 Em What a thing to discover C Em There was time to recover C Em One-on-one with each other C Em Just a boy and a father Bm7 Em What I'd give for another C Em Everything that I have Bm7 Em Wouldn't need this for long C Em Never speak of the time Bm7 Em That you left us alone Bm7 Em Me and Steve on our own C Em I wanna tell you 'bout the time C Em Wanna tell you 'bout my life C Em Wanna play you all my songs Bm7 Em Learn the words, sing along ( C Em Bm7 Em ) ( C Em Bm7 Em ) C Em (This time) Wanna tell you 'bout the time Bm7 Em (I know) I was in Abbey Road C Em Or the time that I had Bm7 Em Mick Jagger on the phone Bm7 Em I thought of you when we spoke C Em Wanna tell you 'bout the time C Em Wanna tell you 'bout my life C Em Wanna play you all my songs Bm7 Em Hear your voice sing along C Em (This time) I wanna say, "It's all right" Bm7 Em (I know) You're just a man after all C Em And I know you have demons Bm7 Em I got some of my own Bm7 Em I think you passed them along C Em Wanna tell you 'bout the time C Em Wanna tell you 'bout my life C Em Wanna play you all my songs Bm7 Em And hear your voice sing along