Capo 1

Intro: Em - C - Am - D  
       G/B - C - Am - D 

Em     C           Am                  D 
Could've given you everything that you need 

       G/B   C                  Am  D   
but I cannot turn back the years 

Em      C             Am                  D 
The perfect love was all you wanted from me  

       G/B   C                  Am  D   
but I cannot turn back the years 

      C         D              G     D/F#   Em 
So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard  
   C            D          G      D/F# Em      C 
we have to move on, but no matter how hard I try  
                   D           G    D/F#    Em   
if your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth  
C          D         A             C              Em     C      Am  D 
and when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you  
  
Intro: Em - C - Am - D  
       G/B - C - Am - D  

D          G/B            C        Am         D 
Sometimes. hits me in the morning, hits me at night  

       G/B    C                  Am D 
that I cannot turn back the years  
   Em            C        Am         D 
so I look out my window, turn off my light 
      G/B    C                  Am D 
but I cannot turn back the years  
  
      C            D                 G  D/F#   Em 
Can't make it seem easy, when you're all that I see 
      C            D        G     D/F#         Em 
can't live in a dream and I won't serenade the truth  
C          D                   G    D/F#  Em 
people are hurting and they're looking to me  
    C         D           A               C             G/B 
and I look at you there's nothing more to say, it's too bad I love you  
               Em              D 
But I'm never gonna give it up  

Intro: Em - C - Am - D  
       G/B - C - Am - D  

Em         C          Am         D 
All that I lived for, all that I dreamed 
      G/B    C                   Am D 
but I cannot turn back the years  
           G/B     C                 Am         D 
You're the water i drink, you're the air that I breathe  
      G/B    C                   Am D 
but i cannot turn back the years  
  
      C         D              G     D/F#   Em 
So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard  
   C            D          G      D/F# Em      C 
we have to move on, but no matter how hard I try  
                   D           G    D/F#    Em   
if your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth  
C          D         A             C              G/B 
and when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you  
               Em              D 
But I'm never gonna give it up