Intro: C F C G C
Verso 1:
C F
Thank you for taking good care of my heart.
C G
When it’s battered and beaten and all torn apart.
C F
Be patient with me and I surely will mend.
C G C
I’ll never be perfect, but I’ll be better again.
Verso 2:
C F
I’m all in pieces and blown in the wind.
C G
Scattered and shattered but I’m not giving in.
C F
Tomorrow I’ll be walking, and someday I’ll dance.
C G C
If you’ll only be patient and give me a chance.
C F
Hey oh, where will you go?
C G
What will you see and who will you know?
C F
Hey oh, let the ball roll.
C G C
Further down the highway.
Verso 3:
C F
I thought I’d seen hard times but never like this.
C G
Who’d guess that those hard times would be times that I’d miss.
C F
My heart had been broken but never in two.
C G C
Never knew broken until I lost you.
Verso 4:
C F
Broken bones heal just like broken hearts.
C G
You’re left with the scars but you get a new start.
C F
You pick up the pieces and you bandage the wounds.
C G C
You fill up your tank and follow the moon.
C F
Hey oh, where will you go?
C G
What will you see and who will you know?
C F
Hey oh, let the ball roll.
C G C
Further down the highway.
Verso 5:
C F
Give me a cabin in the shade of the pines.
C G
My dog and guitar and a bottle of wine.
C F
Give me some time to create a new fate.
C G C
Let the past slip away like the boats on the lake.
Verso 6:
C F
Thank you for taking good care of my heart.
C G
When it’s battered and beaten and all torn apart.
C F
Be patient with me and I surely will mend.
C G C
I’ll never be perfect, but I’ll be better again.