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[Intro]
C    Am  F    C   G   C
[Verse]
I always pretended Amfor your Fsake
So you Cwouldn't know Ghow you made my heart Cbreak
I tried so hard to save you Amfrom yourFself
But I never could Ccry out Gloud for ChelpG/B  
[Chorus]
FAll I Gdid was help you Amtell a ClieG/B  
You Fnever even Gknew it when I Amsaid goodCbyeG/B  
I Fran so Gfar and I Amdon't know Cwhy
[Verse]
You never even knew Amwho I Fwas
You Csaw about as Gfar as a blind man Cdoes
I carried you with me everyAmwhere I Fwent
I Ccarried everyGthing till my back was CbentG/B  
[Chorus]
FAll I Gdid was help you Amtell a ClieG/B  
You Fnever even Gknew it when I Amsaid goodCbyeG/B  
It Fkeeps on Graining and I Amdon't know Cwhy
[Instrumental]
C    Am  F    C   G   C   Am  F   C   G   C
[Verse]
All our words are written Amdown in Fchalk
COut in the Grain on the sideCwalk
If all our heartaches were Amin a Fstack
They'd go all the Cway up to Gheaven and CbackG/B  
[Chorus]
FWe don't Gknow all the Amtrouble we're CinG/B  
FWe don't know Ghow to get Amhome aCgainG/B  
FSomeone Gcome and save us Amfrom our Csin

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Chalk

by Buddy Miller

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

[Intro]

C Am F C G C

[Verse]

Am F

I always pretended for your sake

C G C

So you wouldn't know how you made my heart break

Am F

I tried so hard to save you from yourself

C G C G/B

But I never could cry out loud for help

[Chorus]

F G Am C G/B

All I did was help you tell a lie

F G Am C G/B

You never even knew it when I said goodbye

F G Am C

I ran so far and I don't know why

[Verse]

Am F

You never even knew who I was

C G C

You saw about as far as a blind man does

Am F

I carried you with me everywhere I went

C G C G/B

I carried everything till my back was bent

[Chorus]

F G Am C G/B

All I did was help you tell a lie

F G Am C G/B

You never even knew it when I said goodbye

F G Am C

It keeps on raining and I don't know why

[Instrumental]

C Am F C G C Am F C G C

[Verse]

Am F

All our words are written down in chalk

C G C

Out in the rain on the sidewalk

Am F

If all our heartaches were in a stack

C G C G/B

They'd go all the way up to heaven and back

[Chorus]

F G Am C G/B

We don't know all the trouble we're in

F G Am C G/B

We don't know how to get home again

F G Am C

Someone come and save us from our sin

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