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[Intro]
G B7 C D7 *2
or
Riff *2

[Verse]
G
Well I'm gone again, give them my best
B7
I'll float my wishes to the west
     C             D7               G
When I come home, it'll all be fine

G
But it's the way it goes and ain't it so
B7
The fastest one to let it go
       C                D7               G
Always out of sight and out of mind

G B7 C D7
or
Riff *2

G
Now the coins go tumblin' through the cracks
B7
There aint no way she's ever gonna get them back
     C             D7               G
And the tears come hard like the cold November rain

G
And it's safe to say that we both know
B7
That I don't really have to say I told you so
     C             D7               G
Cause if I did, I'd have to again and again and again


[Chorus]
         Em       F#dim7
But with tattered wings
 G          G#dim7
Staggering against the wind
     Am              G
It's so damn hard to fly
    Em       F#dim7
But that old bird
 G          G#dim7
Never understood a word
     Am            Bbdim7            B7
Of taking flight alone without a plan
  D7                    G
I'll be there when she lands

G B7 C D7
or
Riff *2

[Verse]
G
Now the struggles on and it won't be long
B7
Til winter's clutch is holdin' strong
     C             D7               G
And I do believe it won't soon be letting go

G
So bid farewell to the ones you knew
B7
Like a drunk old sinner born a-new
     C             D7               G
And say hello to the sweeping winds of change

[Chorus]
         Em       F#dim7
Yeah, speed it up my friend
 G          G#dim7
The sooner you're caught, then the sooner you'll mend
     Am              G
And your wounds will heal in time
    Em  F#dim7    G    G#dim7
It takes one     to know one
    Am                      Bbdim7
Now you should know that by now
               B7
Don't you feel bad?
  D7                    G
It's all you ever had


[Bridge]
    Em                                Am
And though I really can't believe the things that I have seen
     D7                                    G
It puts my feet back on the ground where yours probably should have been
      C                           C#7                               B7     D7         G
All along, throughout the song, three Manhattans and we can't move along

G B7 C D7
or
Riff *2

[Chorus]
         Em       F#dim7
Let's skip ahead some years
 G          G#dim7
The dust has settled and the smoke has cleared
     Am              G
And all is well and fine
    Em       F#dim7
There's no thunder or lightning
 G          G#dim7
The water's warm and the fish are biting
     Am            Bbdim7          B7
There's no bumps in the road that I can see
  D7                    G
Smooth sailing on the sea