The Wanting Of You

Melissa Etheridge

Compositor: Melissa Etheridge

Tom: A

(intro)  A    D

A
She's got her sweet children
F#M                                  A
She's got her house she's got some land
                       C#M
Her earthly possessions
                              D
She's got a ring upon her hand
                         F#M
She tried to be a good girl
                             Bm
She tried to make everything right
             Bm/E
She tried to kill the voices
E
That haunt her each and every night

(refrão)
A                     D
She looks up to heaven
D                              A
And wonders why love is so cruel
A                          D
She loves him won't hurt him
D                           A     D
Can't stop the wanting of you  ohh

A
She married in high school
F#M
Oldest was well upon her way
A                            C#M
But that wild night   Chicago
                             D
It left a mark she can't erase
                         F#M
A phase you'll just get over
                                    Bm
That's what her friends have always said
             Bm/E
You dip your toes in water
E
She's in way over her head

(refrão)
A                      D
She looks up to heaven
D                            A
And wonders why love is so cruel
A                            D
She loves him won't hurt him
D                          F#M
Can't stop the wanting of you
D                 F#M        D
Ohh ohh ohh ohhhh

F#M                       D
Keeping her desire paralyzed
     F#M                         D
She catches in the corner of her eyes
         Bm                              F#M
Tank top, smooth skin, soft lips, tanned thighs
                    Bm               D C#M Bm A Bm C#M E
How the hell's this ache ever gonna die
D
And we make our choices
F#M
Doing what we think is good
Bm
We deny our own dreams
      Dsus
'Cause we think we've been told we should
     D
We think we've been told we should
A                     D
She looks up to heaven
D                                A
And wonders why love is so cruel
A
She loves him won't hurt him
D
Can't stop the wanting of you
A
She looks up to heaven
D
And wonders why love is so cruel
A
She loves him won't hurt him
D                           A         D
Can't stop the wanting of you
         A
oh oh oh ohhhhh
                       D                        A        D
She can't stop, she can't stop the wanting of you
         A
oh oh oh ohhhhh
                D                          A
she can't stop the wanting, the wanting of you