D
I won't make you tell me
          Bm
what I've come to understand
          Em            
you're a certain kind a woman
       G                  
I'm a different kind of man,
D
I tried to make you love me
    Bm
you tried to find the spark
       Em                      G
of the flame that burned but somehow
           D           A      G
turned to smoke rings in the dark.

Verse 2
D
The loneliness within me
Bm
takes a heavy toll
          Em               
'cause it burns as slow as whiskey
            G
through an empty aching soul,
         D
and the night is like a dagger
Bm
long and cold and sharp
         Em                 G
as I sit here on the front steps
        D            A       G
blowing smoke rings in the dark.


Chorus
   
Bm G      D              A
  I      know I must be going
       Bm G            D   A
'cause loves already    gone,
    Em                  Bm
and all I'm taking with me
         A/C#           G
are the pieces of my heart
     C
and all I'll leave are 
G                   D
smoke rings in the dark.


Verse 3
D
The rain falls where it wants to
Bm
the wind blow where it will
     Em                        
everything on earth goes somewhere
       G     
but I swear we're standing still,
    D
so I'm not gonna wake you
      Bm
I'll go easy on your heart
         Em                         G
I'll just touch your face and drift away
     D           A       G
like smoke rings in the dark,