Bb          Eb
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
Bb        Eb
Lord, if you choose a time
Bb           Eb
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
                                  Eb
I'll take another one and I'll be yours
Bb       Eb
Lord, if you choose a time
            Cm
I'll be the child
Eb                    Bb
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
Eb
Lord, if you choose a time
I'll be the child

[Verse]
It's too late, too late
                Eb
I won't see you later
If you fade, I'll fade
Cm        Eb
Fading together
Bb
Love is blind
Eb   Cm       Eb
Her love is kind
Bb           Eb  Cm
Her love is mine
     Eb
Her love is mine
Bb    Eb
Love wants to give
Bb   Eb
Hate wants the thrills
Bb   Eb
Joy hates the pain
Bb  Eb
But pain, we all need
The pain we need to feel

Bb Eb Eb

   Bb           Eb
If wishes were horses
                   Bb  Cm Eb
Then beggars will ride

Bb Eb

Gm         Bb       Eb
This is my cross to bear
Cm      Fm  Eb
This is my cross to bear
           Bb         Eb Fm
This is my cross to bear
            Eb
This is my cross to bear

[Chorus]
Bb          Eb
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
Bb        Eb
Lord, if you choose a time
Bb           Eb
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
                                  Eb
I'll take another one and I'll be yours
Bb       Eb
Lord, if you choose a time
            Cm
I'll be the child
Eb                    Bb
Lord, don’t pay me no mind
Eb
Lord, if you choose a time
I'll be the child

[Outro]
Eb           Bb                Eb
While the government wants to control
      Cm
Our country will set you free