The What It Was

[Intro] E  C#m  G#m  A  B

E                     C#m         G#m    A B
 I drove through the desert last night
E              C#m               G#m   A B
 I carried the weight of our last fight
E                            C#m            G#m
Elvis singing 'don’t be cruel’ and I wonder if you feel it too.
     A         B
It’s like we’re going under

C#m                       F#m                         G#m
    Somewhere outside the lonely Esmeralda County line
                     A                   B
The question of my heart came to my mind

A            E
If I go on with you by my side
      C#m      B     B           A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?

E       C#m                 G#m    A B
 Maybe a thief stole your heart
E            B            C#m
 or maybe we just drifted apart
A          B      E            C#m
I remember driving in my daddy’s car to the airfield
G#m                  A                 B
Blanket on the hood, backs against the windshield

C#m                       F#m                                  G#m
   Back then this thing was running on momentum, love and trust
                 A                 B
That paradise is buried in the dust

A            E
If I go on with you by my side
       C#m      B      B          A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
(The way it was, it was.)

F#m                           C#m      G#m
All of our plans are falling through
F#m                              B
Sometimes a dream, it don’t come true

( A  C#m  B )
( A  E  B )

    A     E
Darling darling
                               C#m      B     B           A
(If we go on can it be) Can it be the way it was when we met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about them golden nights?

        A        E
If I go on with you by my side
       C#m      B     B
Can it be the way it was
              A                E
My heart is true, girl, it's just you
             B                           E
I'm thinking of, Can it be the way it was?

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E         C#m              G#m  A  B
 (Maybe a thief stole your heart)

( E  C#m  G#m  A  B )
( E  C#m  G#m  A  B )