A True Story

Am G F I remember we have always been together Am G F when we were children we played in the woods Am G F at the highest place, right beneath the oak tree Am G F there we promised to stay friends for all time Am G F we grew up and you became a pretty woman Am G F so all the young men started flocking around you Am G F winter came and you decided to start out Am G F to find the one whose love was coming from the heart Am G is that what you want F is that what you need E then I can’t hold you up Am G F one day I will be the one by your hand Am G F one day we will be united again C G F for you, my dear, I’ll be waiting at the town gate Am waiting at the town gate G F I’ll be waiting at the town gate Am G F Every day I watched your footprints in the snow Am G F spring was coming and made them melt away Am G F every night I lit a candle at the window Am G - mute in case you come back while I sleep but I was fooling myself Am I sent my things flying G F I bit my fingernails Am G F I cursed a thousand candles `cause they never brought you back Am G F I tore my hair, I cried, I shouted out your name Am G F then I collapsed and tried to live with your absence Am G that’s what you want F that’s what you need E but it’s hard to accept Am G F one day I will be the one by your hand Am G F one day we will be united again C G F for you, my dear, I’ll be waiting at the town gate Am waiting at the town gate G F I’ll be waiting at the town gate Am G F years flew by now and I’m feeling like an old man Am G F wishing that you come back with every shooting star Am G F by now I’m wiser and I know I should have told you Am G F that I’m the one whose love was coming from the heart Pre-Chorus 3 Am G here at the gate F I’ll stand and wait E for the rest of my days Am G F one day I will be the one by your hand Am G F one day we will be united again C G F for you, my dear, I’ll be waiting at the town gate Am waiting at the town gate G F I’ll be waiting at the town gate