Lessons in love (1986)
G - B7 - Em - C
G B7 Em C G
1. I’m not proud, I was wrong,
and the truth is hard to take,
B7 Em C
G
I felt sure we had enough, but
our love went overboard.
B7 Em C G
Lifeboat lies lost at sea, I’ve been trying to reach your shore,
B7 Em
waves of doubt
keep drowning me.
C Am -
B7 Em
All the dreams that we were building,
we never fulfilled them,
C Am - B7 E
could be better, should be
better for lessons in love.
G
B7 Em C G
2. For restless eyes egos
burn, and the mold is hard to break,
B7 Em C G
now
we’ve waded into deep, and love is overboard.
B7 Em C G
Heavy hearts, token words, all the hopes I ever had,
B7 Em
fade like
footprints in the sand.
C Am
- B7 Em
All the homes that we were building,
we never lived in,
C Am -
B7 Em
could be better, should be
better, lessons in love.
C Am
- B7 Em
If we lose the time before us, the
future will ignore us,
C Am - B7 E
we should use it, we could use
it, lessons in love.
E - D - A
+ E - D - Am + Lost
without love.
G F C - D
+ Lessons in love, when will
you ever learn,
G F C - D
lessons
in love, when there’s nowhere left to turn.
G F C - D
Lessons in love, don’t let
your spirit burn,
G F C - D
lessons in love,
I’ll wait till you return.
+ G - B7 - Em - C - G - B7
- Em
C
Am -
B7 Em
All the dreams that we were building,
we never lived them,
C Am - B7 Em
we could lose it, we could use
it, lessons
in love.
C Am
- B7 Em
All the homes that we were building,
we never lived in,
C Am -
B7 Em
could be better, should be
better, lessons in love.
C Am - B7 Em
+ If we lose the time
before us, the
future will ignore us,
C Am -
B7 Em
we
should use it, we could use it, lessons in love ….
(Level 42)