All For A Woman

E E/D# E/C# A B E All of these grateful looks E/C# All these grateful eyes A B All the furious stares and the fretful sighs E Promising everything E/C# To everyone A We'll be back soon B You're my favorite one E And I'll keep it quiet E/C# I'll hold you dear A B Your whisperin fills the ear E Tell me you'll stay E/C# We would have such fun A B And a lie, you don't need anyone A B And the screams, the wails, and the call E E/D# E/C# The headiness of the Fall A B Ten-thousand miles from where we began E E/D# E/C# I fell asleep with a picture in hand A B E It was all for a woman E E/C# You say that you're grateful for the time alone A B Two years away and I don't miss home E E/C# And everyone asks you if you still think of her A B So you smile politely and you demur E E/C# But then all at once your head starts to swell A B And you can feel her breath on your skin E E/C# If I let you stay, the same spot today A B She's above you, below you in ways A And you're shiverin cold B Like you're just 10 years old E E/D# E/C# And she's lying asleep in your bed A And you're standing beside her B The light from inside her E E/D# E/C# Filling up the darkness in your head A B E It was all for a woman A And you've drowned in the teasing B You've forgotten the reason E E/D# E/C# The muse inspired the art A You'd give anything for B Her to say them once more E E/D# E/C# The words you believed at the start A B Ten-thousand miles from where it began E E/D# E/C# Falling asleep with a picture in hand A B And it was all... it was all E E/D# E/C# For the look in her eyes A B E Of the promise of the light of a woman