G                        D
Pull away to you in your best blue dress.
Am                            Em                D
Silos and rolling hills, your eyes in brilliant focus.
G                                 D
We learned how our bodies worked, soft and familiar,
        Am                                   Em D 
But you couldn't shake the fear of something so similar.
 
[Chorus 1]
C                           G
You return to him ‘cos he reminds you of your father,
       Em                           D
And it helps you sleep at night and brings you comfort.
C                              G
I can't seem to throw away the letters or the pictures
         Em                                      D
For some kind of truth or proof that all of this really happened.
C                      G
If you would've tried, I would've tried.
      D
If commitment's what you wanted, 
                    C
I would've been the anchor by your side.
C                             G
If you would've stayed, well, I would've stayed.
        D                              C
But the only way to love you now is to walk away.
 
[Interlude]
C | G | D
 
[Verse 2]
G                               D
You walked bar to bar, a wicker basket held high,
        Am                            Em               D
Selling roses to the drunkards, and I bought one every time.
G                                    D
Stumble up the stairs, hand in hand, up to the roof.
Am                                        Em                D
Love is something that will lead you, not something you can choose. 
 
[Chorus 2]
C                               G
So many years have passed since all that wine.
         Em                                  D
You're a mother now and how I bet you made a beautiful bride.
C                              G
I can't seem to throw away the letters or the pictures
         Em                                      D          
For some kind of truth or proof that all of this really happened. (C) 
C                      G
If you would've tried, I would've tried.
      D
If commitment's what you wanted, 
                    C
I would've been the anchor by your side.
C                             G
If you would've stayed, well, I would've stayed.
        D                              C
But the only way to love you now is to walk away.
 
[Outro]
C
If you would've prayed...
G
O, how I did pray.
        D
But the only way to love something
      C
Is to give it away.