Dry your eyes    (video)

 

    G - D - Em - C - G

 

      G

1a.     In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round,

 

    I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground,

C

    Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down,

 

    world feels like it's caved in - proper sorry frown.

        G

    Please, let me show you where we could only just be for us,

 

    I can change and I can grow or we could adjust.

C

    The wicked thing about us is we always have trust,

 

    we can even have an open relationship, if you must.

 

      G

1b.       I look at her, she stares almost straight back at me,

 

    but her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me.

                    C

    Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity,

 

    when they open up she's lookin' down at her feet.

 

  G

Dry your eyes, mate,

                                                                                     C

I know it's hard to take, but her mind has been made up,

                                                  G

there's plenty more fish in the sea !

  G

Dry your eyes mate,

                                                                                        C

I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts,

                                                            G

but you've got to walk away now, it's over.

 

      G

2a.       So then I move my hand up from down by my side,

 

    it's shakin', my life is crashin' before my eyes,

C

    turn the palm of my hand up to face the skies,

 

     touch the bottom of her chin and let out a sigh.

G

    'Cos I can't imagine my life without you and me,

 

    there's things I can't imagine doin', things I can't imagine seein'.

C

    It weren't supposed to be easy, surely,

 

    please, please, I'm beggin’, please !

 

      G

2b.       She brings her hands up towards where my hands rested,

 

  she wraps her fingers round mine with the softness she's blessed with.

              C

    She peels away my fingers, looks at me and then gestures,

 

    by pushin' my hand away to my chest, from hers.        +  CHORUS

 

     G                                            - D                                - Em

+       And I'm just standin' there,       I can't say a word,

                                                 - C                                               G

    'cause everythin's just gone,       I've got nothin', absolutely nothin'.

 

       G

3a.        Tryin' to pull her close out of bare desperation,

 

    put my arms around her tryin' to change what she's sayin'.

C

    Pull my head level with hers so she might engage in,

 

    look into her eyes to make her listen again.

G

    I'm not gonna fuckin', just fuckin' leave it all now,

 

    'cause you said it'd be forever and that was your vow.

C

    And you're gonna let our things simply crash and fall down,

 

    you're well out of order now, this is well out of town.

 

      G

3b.      She pulls away, my arms are tightly clamped round her waist,

 

    gently pushes me back and she looks at me straight.

C

    Turns around so she's now got her back to my face,

 

takes one step forward, looks back, and then walks away.  +  CHORUS

 

    G                                                     Em

+        I know in the past I've found it hard to say,

C                                         D

    tellin' you things but not tellin' straight.

G                                            Em               - C                     - D

   But the more I pull on your hand and say,    the more you    pull away.

 

  G

Dry your eyes, mate,

                                                                                     C

I know it's hard to take, but her mind has been made up,

                                                  G

there's plenty more fish in the sea !

G                                      - D

    Dry your eyes, mate,

                    C                          G                                    C

I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts,

                                               G

but you've got to walk away now.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Streets)