INTRO: |A-E-F#m-E |B |A-E-B--B7|E
E F#m
What do you say when it's over?
A F#m E
Don't know if I should say anything at all.
E F#m
One day we're rollin' in the clover,
A B E
Next thing you know we take the fall.
E F#m
Still I think about the years since I first met you,
A F#m E
And the way it might have been without you here.
E F#m
I don't know if words from me can still upset you,
A B E
But I've just got to make this memory stand clear.
CHORUS: A E F#m E B
I know I'm leav-in' he-re a better man,
A E F#m E B
For know-in' you this way.
A E F#m E B
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can.
A E B E
And I'm leav-in' here a better man.
REPEAT INTRO: |A-E-F#m-E |B |A-E-B--B7|E
Guess I always knew I couldn't hold you,
But I'd never be the one to set you free.
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you,
You still believe in some old meant-to-be's.
Still I'm leav-in' here a better man,
For know-in' you this way.
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can.
And I'm leav-in' here a better man.
Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man,
For know-in' you this way.
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can.
And I'm leav-in' here a better man.
BREAK: |A-E-F#m-E |B
|A - E - B - B |E |E\stop
Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man.
A=x02220 E=022100 F#m=244222 B=x24442 B7=x24242
Written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas.
Copyright 1988, Howlin Hits Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
>From the CD, "Killin' Time" - 1989, BMG Music / RCA
Also on "Clint Black - the Greatest Hits" - 1996, BMG Entertainment/RCA
Original posted to COWPIE on Mon Jun 05 09:44 EDT 1995
by "Krall, Steve"
Corrected by Darragh Egan