The What It Was

Intro: E C#m G#m A B 

E                  C#m            G#m    A B 
 I drove through the desert last night. 
E              C#m               G#m   A B 
 I carried the weight of our last fight. 
E                            C#m            G#m 
Elvis singing 'Don't be Cruel' and I wonder if you feel it too. 
     A         B 
It's like we're going under. 

C#m                       F#m                         G#m 
    Somewhere outside the lonely Esmeralda County line, 
                         A                   B 
    The question of my heart came to my mind 

A            E 
If I go on with you by my side, 
       C#m      B B    A A       A 
Can it be the way it was when we met? 
          E                     B 
Did you forget all about those golden nights? 

E       C#m                 G#m    A B 
 Maybe if thieves stole your heart 
E            B            C#m 
 or maybe we just drifted apart. 
A          B      E            C#m 
I remember driving in my daddy's car to the airfield, 
G#m                  A                 B 
Blanket on the hood, backs against the windshield. 

C#m                       F#m                                  G#m 
   Back then this thing was running on momentum, love and trust. 
                    A                 B 
   That paradise is buried in the dust. 

A            E 
If I go on with you by my side, 
       C#m      B B    A A       A 
Can it be the way it was when we met? 
          E                     B 
Did you forget all about those golden nights? 
(The way it was, it was.) 

F#m                           C#m      G#m 
All of our plans are falling through. 
F#m                              B 
Sometimes a dream, it don't come true. 

A C#m B 
A E B 

    A     E 
Darling. Darling 
                              C#m      B B    A A       A 
(If we go on can it be)Can it be the way it was when we met? 
          E                     B 
Did you forget all about those golden nights? 

        A        E 
If I go on with you by my side, 
       C#m      B B    A A       A 
Can it be the way it was when we met? 
                      E 
My heart is true, girl, it's just you 
             B                           E 
I'm thinking of, Can it be the way it was? 

(C#m G#m A B) 

E         C#m              G#m  A  B 
 (Maybe thieves stole your heart.) 

Outro: E C#m G#m A B(2x)