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More Than I Can Do

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Capo 3rd fret
GI'm trying hard to Dlet you go
But it's Emmore than I can Bmdo
CAnd every day or Gtwo
I Cwind up right back Dsus4where I sDtarted
GI'm trying not to Dlet you know
That EmI'm still in love with Bmyou
I Ccan't just sit home Gblue
Cause Cthere ain't no rest for the Dsus4broken heaDrted
EmJust because you won't unClock your dDsus4oorD  
EmThat don't mean you don't Clove me anyDsus4moreD  
GI'm never gonna Dlet you go
No Emmatter what you Bmdo
BecauCse you know it's Cmmore than I caGn do
D  Em  C  G   D   Em   C
GYou told me that I Dgot to stop
EmBut it's more than I can dBmo
And Cthat ain't nothing Gnew
CCause we both know I'm Dsus4crazy aDbout you
GYou said you're gonna Dcall the cops
EmBut I ain't gonna Bmrun 
CBecause you're the onlGy one
CThere ain't no way I could Dsus4live wDithout you
EmYou left me just Cwhen I needed Dsus4youD  
So EmI ain't even cClose to through with Dsus4youD  
GI'm never gonna Dlet you go
No Emmatter what you Bmdo
CBecause you know it'Cms more that I cGan do
D Em  Bm  C  Cm  G

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More Than I Can Do

by Steve Earle

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Capo 3rd fret

G D

I'm trying hard to let you go

Em Bm

But it's more than I can do

C G

And every day or two

C Dsus4 D

I wind up right back where I started

G D

I'm trying not to let you know

Em Bm

That I'm still in love with you

C G

I can't just sit home blue

C Dsus4 D

Cause there ain't no rest for the broken hearted

Em C Dsus4 D

Just because you won't unlock your door

Em C Dsus4 D

That don't mean you don't love me anymore

G D

I'm never gonna let you go

Em Bm

No matter what you do

C Cm G

Because you know it's more than I can do

D Em C G D Em C

G D

You told me that I got to stop

Em Bm

But it's more than I can do

C G

And that ain't nothing new

C Dsus4 D

Cause we both know I'm crazy about you

G D

You said you're gonna call the cops

Em Bm

But I ain't gonna run

C G

Because you're the only one

C Dsus4 D

There ain't no way I could live without you

Em C Dsus4 D

You left me just when I needed you

Em C Dsus4 D

So I ain't even close to through with you

G D

I'm never gonna let you go

Em Bm

No matter what you do

C Cm G

Because you know it's more that I can do

D Em Bm C Cm G

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