When two worlds drift apart    (video)

 

    E - B7 - E

 

   Em                   B7           Em

1.     We turned water into wine,

      D                   G                          A                   D

    but that didn't last, we were the victims of our age.

Em             B7                      Em

    Now we live on different floors,

            D                        G             A                                       - C - B7

    and go our separate ways and talk behind closed doors.

                                  E                           A       D

    We changed our world, waiting for it all to end,

C                               - F#                        B7

    it's such a shame.         But who's to blame,

                                          E

    when two worlds drift apart ?

 

+  E - B7

 

   Em                    B7                  Em

2.      We used to sit around the fire,

               D                          G                              A                          D

    and whisper words the world outside would make no claim to hear.

Em                   B7                  Em

    But now we talk an octave higher,

           D                          G                   A                          - C - B7

    in droning tones that don't relate at all to yester year.

                                  E                          A       D

    We changed our world, waiting for it all to end,

C                               - F#                        B7

    it's such a shame.         But who's to blame,

                                          E        - E7

    when two worlds drift apart ?

 

     E                                         G#m

+       Do you remember when we were seventeen,

E7                                           A

    we took a boat out for an hour ?

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    But we preferred the greenery to the scenery of the sea,

Am                                         E

    and tied up in some cosy cove,

Am                                                             E

    till harbour lights appeared across the bay.

                                          - B7  - E

   Remember, remember.

 

   Em        B7                    Em

3.      Into love and out of mind,

         D                        G                      A                      D

    a poet claimed that loving you has only made me blind.

Em                 B7                  Em

    But love is really crystal clear,

          D                       G                              A                                - C - B7

    it's only when you need someone, the clouds will soon appear.

                                  E                           A       D

    We changed our world, waiting for it all to end,

C                               - F#                        B7

    it's such a shame.         But who's to blame,

                                           E       - E7

    when two worlds drift apart ?

 

   E                                         G#m

+     Do you remember when laughter was the cure

E7                                                 A

    for all the hard times that we knew ?

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    But we forgot to feed the fire, let it all burn down,

Am                                                              E

    warmth returns to cold and poison into pain.

C                               - F#                       B7

    It's such a shame.        But who's to blame,

                                          E

    when two worlds drift apart ?

                                A           - B7 - E

    Remember. Remember.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Cliff Richard)