You Learn To Live Without

	  		


Intro: D 

D  
 You learn to take your coffee black 
 You learn to drink your whiskey neat 
G 
 You learn to take your shower cold 
 And sleep on tired feet 
D 
 You learn to order dinner in  
 You learn to send the laundry out  
       G                  A 
 You learn to amuse yourself 
                           D 
 You learn to live without 
  
     G                                                     D 
You tell yourself you're rich at last in money and in time 
       G                               A 
 You draw a bath and then unplug the phone 
      G                                  D 
 You pour yourself a Pinot Clo Du Val 2003 
      C                             A 
 You sit a spell a queen upon her throne 
                    D 
 You go to bed alone 

D  
 You learn to fall asleep alone 
 You learn to silence ticking clocks 
G  
 You learn to turn the shades at night 
 And double check the locks 

D 
 You learn to speak so calmly when 
 Your heart would like to scream and shout 
G                                     A 
 You learn to stop and breathe and smile 
                          D 
 You learn to live without 

      G                                                      D 
 You find the coat and tie you thought you'd given to good will 
       G                                A 
 You toss his favorite shoes on to the pile 
      G                                          D 
 You see him in the faces of the boys he left behind 
      C                          A 
 And die a bit with every tiny smile 
                          D 
 But only for a while.... 

D (one strum) 
 You learn to count the quiet winds 
 An hour with no unprompted tears 
G (one strum) 
 And not to count the deadly days 
 As they fade into years 

D  
 You learn to stand alone at last 
 So brave and bold and strong and stout 
       G                                        
 You learn to somehow like the dark 
      Em             A 
 You even love the doubt 
       G      
 You learn to hold your life inside you 
       D 
 And never let it out 
       G                Em              A 
 You learn to live and die and then to live 
                          D 
 You learn to live without 
                          G 
 You learn to live without 
                          D 
 You learn to live without