Intro: G Em C D G
G Em
My darlin' I hope you are rested
C
For tonight I plan to keep you
Am C G
In my arms till far past dawn
Em
If this town has your grace
But for a short while
C Am
Can we damn up all the damage
D C
And enjoy the time we've got
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G
Cassettes of country
Em
Played our conversation
C
Broken hopes
and hearts conditioned
Am C G
By the lives once ours then lost
Em
It's so easy to examine
From the outside
C
But while living
Am
Sometimes breathing
D C
Is a task beyond our means
Em C
I have felt the lightning hit the ground
G Em
While counting out the days
Am
It's the hope
C
that watching every hour
G G
Could slow departures haste
Am
And I know you didn't need the heartache
C
And I was happy in the dark
Am
But one cannot control the heart
C
To stop and start
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G Em
My darlin' I hope you are rested
C
For tonight I plan to keep you
Am C G
In my arms till far past dawn
Em
If this town has your grace
But for a short while
C Am
Can we damn up all the damage
D C
And enjoy the time we've got
