Covered For You

Capo 4th Fret

G            C           G      
Every time I go downtown I think
                C
 I might find you around.
G                   C             
I take your picture just in case, 
Am        D
anybody's seen-
G                    C            
A girl who's had her better days, 
 G                        C
just like the last place that you 
stayed,
 G                  C             
Where I can see you tipping back 
  Am                     D
the curtains, looking for me.

                       C        
You say. ?Baby do you have to go 
     G
away
                 C            
Just before the deal gets real 
  G
sweet,
               C                   
Just before my trouble finally pays
   G
 off,
                   D
Can you cover for me?
                   Am Em7 C
Can you cover for me??

G                C
I see you coming down the hill.
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G                          C
You smile at me like I'm a worn out 
thrill,
G                        C Am   
As if I have some endless well 
        D
of dignity.
G                         C
You cut yourself like a high school 
kid-
G                   C
I did it once, everybody did,
G                  C  Am 
Just to feel the emptying of 
          D
everything.

                  C             
Aww Baby just to watch it all go 
  G
away,
                C              G
Every time the deal gets real sweet,
                 C                 
Every time our trouble finally paid
  G
 off.
                 D             
We said, ?Cover for me, we said 
           Am  Em7 C
cover for me.?

G                C           G  
It's 2 years of depravity for 
                    C
every year of your recovery,
G               C            
And you'll lose eventually, if 
 Am                 D
that's what you need.
G                        C
Of all the friends that make me sad,
G                 C
You're the one I just can't have-
G                C
All the numbers that you left me,
Am                  D
They just ring and ring.

                      C        
I said, ?Baby do you have to go 
  G
away,
                 C            
Just before the deal gets real 
  G
sweet,
                 C                 
Just before my trouble finally pays
  G
 off,
                   D          
Can't you cover for me, like I 
              Am
covered for you,
            Em7     C        
Like I covered for you, like I 
                G   C G D
covered for you??
       G            C           G   
   D (repeat twice and end on G)
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