Things Just Get Away From You

Intro: 
C  D  G  C G 



[Verso 1]
 
       C 
We had missed the turning point 
      G7 
Our angles all out of joint 
G7 
Roads all turning inward 
          C             G 
Though we wanted to get out 
               C 
But there's no stream that doesn't bend 
                G7 
Like there's no road that doesn't end 
G7 
I'll tell you 
G                         C   G 
Things just get away from you 
        C 
Now I'm singing with the moon 
             G7 
Her midnight flowers all in tune 
G                      C      G 
Things just get away from you 


Instrumental: 
C  G7    C G C 
Dm  G    C G 
 


[Verso 2]
 
        C 
Well we thought we could choose 
           G7 
To eat our cake and have it too 
        G 
But the world will shake you off 
             C             G 
Like so much dust from her shoes 
       C 
Be not troubled by regret 
          G7 
The worst hasn't happened yet 
G7 
I'll tell you 
G                         C   G 
Things just get away from you 
 


[Verso 3]
 
        C 
See the fire paint the dark 
C 
A conflagration from a spark 
G                    C        Bb F 
Things just get away from you 
                C        F 
Things get away from you 
             C       Bb  F 
Things get away from you 
                          C   Bb  F  E 
Things just get away from you 
 


[Verso 4]
 
Am 
Toss a coin 
         E7 
For everyone that was lost 
Bb 
And we'd have funds enough 
   F                  E 
To buy ourselves some time 
Am 
Tie a knot 
          E 
For every promise that was broke 
Bb 
And we'd have rope enough 
   F                 G 
To climb out of this life 
 


[Verso 5]
 
            C 
Well it's a story that you've heard 
           G 
Though the lesson goes unlearned 
G 
You can know the ending 
          C                 G 
But still think you won't arrive 
         C 
Just how in spite of this song 
            G7 
You will forget me when I'm gone 
G                      C      Bb  F 
Things just get away from you 
                C        Bb  F 
Things get away from you 
                  C        Bb  F 
Things just get away from you 
                          C   Bb  F 
Things just get away from you 
                          C   Bb  F 
Things just get away from you 
 

Outro: 
C    Bb F   C    F