Tuning: Eb (Half step down)
Key: D
[Intro]
[Verse]
Maybe you re right, I m no good
Got a heart made of glass and a head made of wood
Let me make it clear, when I m gone, I m gone
The night s just the night and there s no coming dawn
[Chorus]
When shall I return?
I confess I don t know
What s around the bend?
What s left to unfold?
I could promise you the moon brought down with a lasso
I need to stay, but alas I must go
[Verse]
Back in the stark woods behind your old house
I buried something that ll leave you no doubt
Something to prove myself to you
Half is a lie, but the good part s true
[Chorus]
When shall I return?
I confess I don t know
What s around the bend?
What s left to unfold?
I could promise you the moon brought down with a lasso
I need to stay, but alas I must go
Maybe you should move on, and I ll go it alone
[Interlude]
(2x)
[Riff] (Acoustic)
eb|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------|
Bb|--------------|-----------------|--7----------------|------------------|-------|
Gb|--------------|--4--7--------4--|----------------2--|------------------|-------|
Db|-------5--7---|-----------------|------0h-2h-4------|--4h-2h-0---------|--0----|
Ab|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------4---|-------|
Eb|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------|
[Bridge]
Out in the barren field where we first met
(Continue to hold D)
Full of decay from a life in the red
Oaths that I broke, the money I spent
Couldn t make it work, couldn t even make rent
All the people I forgot that I knew, that I met
Maybe my life will repay the debt
I need to stay, I need to stay
I need to stay, but alas I must go
Thought you wanted me to stay, but you need me to go
I just want to say
Now I finally know
[Interlude]
(5x)
[Outro]
Alas, I must go
Alas, I must go
Alas, I must go