Great Lengths

Intro 

Organ Starts then Guitar Joins 

E F#m A E F#m A E 
F#m A E A 

 
Dm             A     F#m 
Here I am once again pleading 
Bm 
to the sky 
E 
Kneeling to the sand 
     F#m   A 
Shedding my 
Dm  A 
Regrets 
Dm                         A 
Knowing you'll forget everything 
 

 
D 
Why didn't 
A       Bm         F#m         Bm 
I go to such great lengths to try to 
F#m 
please you 
   G 
instead 
         A       D 
I try to please myself 
       A             Bm      F#m 
In the end when your heart is   broken 
  Bm     F#m          G         A 
I see the   folly of trying to please 
Dm 
myself 
 

 
Dm             A       F#m 
I have not yet arrived seeing 
Bm 
Anything 
E 
Quiet my desires 
          F#m  A 
Till they die 
          Dm   A 
Until they die 
Dm                 A 
Or align with your will 
 

 
D 
Why didn't 
A       Bm         F#m         Bm 
I go to such great lengths to try to 
F#m 
please you 
   G 
instead 
         A       D 
I try to please myself 
       A             Bm      F#m 
In the end when your heart is   broken 
  Bm     F#m          G         A 
I see the   folly of trying to please myself 
 

 
Bm/B Bm/G Bm/E C A 
 

  
D 
Why didn't 
A       Bm         F#m         Bm 
I go to such great lengths to try to 
F#m 
please you 
   G 
instead 
         A       D 
I try to please myself 
       A             Bm      F#m 
In the end when your heart is   broken 
  Bm     F#m          G         A 
I see the   folly of trying to please 
D 
myself 

didn't 
A       Bm         F#m         Bm 
I go to such great lengths to try to 
F#m 
please you 
   G 
instead 
         A       D 
I try to please myself 
       A             Bm      F#m 
In the end when your heart is   broken 
  Bm     F#m          G         A 
I see the   folly of trying to please 

my 
 

Outro 
E F#m A E F#m A 
E F#m A E A