Things Only Years Can Teach A Woman

C G Em D D A Let me lie my head on your chest for just a little while G D D It ain’t wrong, see I’ve been gone now for so long A A It wasn’t you who made me have to run away G D A C D It’s the sickness that I know pervades your mind D A I didn’t wanna leave, my nights have been lonely darlin’ G D But I couldn’t sit back and watch you burn us both alive F#m Bm Bm Some folks said I should have known better Em G A But those folks are better off not knowin’ the cost A C G D D There are things that only years can teach a woman C Bm G D D Like how she knows each time her man’s done wrong C G D D When 1 or 2 with the boys lasts ‘til morning C G D D Or how he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known D C G F#m D Oh he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known D C G F#m D A D D A A I feel as if I failed you darlin’ G D A Em D I’m guilty, I left you all alone to fight A A Your vices are stronger than I am G D D A Em D You’d reach to them, and I’d just reached out to k**l the light D A A Harder still is that fate’s come callin’ darlin’ D G D D A F#m I never dreamed when I promised you forever that I’d lie Bm Bm I’m sure folks said you should’ve known better Em G A But those folks are better off not knowing the cost A C Bm G D D There are things that only years can teach a woman C Bm G D D Like how she knows each time her man’s done wrong C G D D When 1 or 2 with the boys lasts ‘til morning C G D D Or how he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known C G D D Oh he whispers you’re the only love that I’ve known C G F#m D See there are things that only years can teach a woman