Intro: [F] [Dm7] [Am] [Bbmaj7]
Verse 1:
There ain't [F] no gold
In this [Dm7] river
That I've been [Am]
washing my hands in fo [Bbmaj7] -rever
[Bbmaj7] I know [C] there [F] is hope
In these [Dm7] waters
But I can't [C] bring myself to swim
When [Bbmaj7] I am drowning
In this silence baby let me [Bbmaj7] in
Chorus:
Go [F] ea [Dm7] -sy [C] on me baby
[Gm7] [Am] I was [Gm7] still a child
[Am] Didn’t [Bbmaj7] get the chance to
[F] Fe [Dm7] -el the [C] world around me
I [Am] had no [Gm7] time to choose
[Bbmaj7] What [Am] I [Bbmaj7] chose to do
So go [F] easy on me [Dm7] [Am] [Bbmaj7]
Verse 2:
[Bbmaj7] There [C] aren't [F] no room
For [Dm7] things to change
When we are [C] both so deeply
Stuck in [Bbmaj7] our ways
[Bbmaj7] Y [C] -ou [F] can't deny
how hard [Dm7] I have tried
I changed [C] who I was
To put you [Bbmaj7] both first
But now I give [Bbmaj7] up
Chorus:
Go [F] ea [Dm7] -sy [C] on me baby
[Am] I was [Gm7] still a child
[Am] Didn’t [Bbmaj7] get the chance to
[F] Fe [Dm7] -el the [C] world around me
I [Am] had no [Gm7] time to choose
[Bbmaj7] What [Am] I [Bbmaj7] chose to do
So go [F] ea [Dm7] sy [Am] on me [Bbmaj7]
Bridge:
[F] I had [Bbmaj7] good [F] in [Dm7] -tentions
And the highest [C] hopes
But I know right now
[Bbmaj7] It probably doesn't even show
[Bbmaj7]
Outro:
[Bbmaj7] Go [C] [F] ea [Dm7] -sy [C] on me baby
[Am] I was [Gm7] still a child
I [Am] didn’t [Bbmaj7] get the chance to
[F] Feel the [Dm7] world a [C] -round me
I [Am] had no [Gm7] time to choose
[Gm7] What [Am] I [Bbmaj7] chose to do
So go [F] easy on me [Dm7] [Am] [Bbmaj7]