Capo 4 Em A7 Em B7 A7 Em Em You took a part of me that I really miss Em I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this A7 Em You told yourself a lie; that's all right mama, I told myself one too B7 A7 Em I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Em You took the silver, you took the gold Em You left me standing out in the cold A7 Em People ask about you; I didn't tell them everything I knew B7 A7 Em Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you Em I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep Em Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep A7 Em Did so many things I never did intend to do B7 A7 Em Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you Em I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low Em I need every bit of it for the places that I go A7 Em Sometimes I wonder just what it's all coming to B7 A7 Em Well I'm tryin' to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you Em A7 Em B7 A7 Em Em Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink Em Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think A7 Em Feel like talking to somebody but I just don't know who B7 A7 Em Well, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Em Yes, the last thing you said before you hit the street Em "Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet" A7 Em I said, "That's all right mama, you ... you do what you gotta do" B7 A7 Em Well, I'm tryin' to get closer; I'm still a million miles from you Em Rock me, pretty baby, rock me all at once Em Rock me for a little while, rock me for a couple of bucks A7 Em And I'll rock you too B7 A7 Em I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Em Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard Em I'm sitting here listening to every mind-polluting word A7 Em I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two B7 A7 Em Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Em A7 Em B7 A7 Em
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