Careless Whisper

Intro 
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Cm 
Rain is falling on the window 
       Bb             Cm 
Like a memory I can't hide 
            Ab           Eb 
There's an empty chair beside me 
                          Bb 
Where you used to sit at night 
 

 
      Cm 
I can hear the old floor creaking 
           Bb                Cm 
Like your footsteps down the hall 
      Ab 
Funny how a silent house 
            Bb              Cm 
Can make a lonely man feel small 
 

 
        Eb 
I keep turning back the hours 
          Bb           Cm 
Trying to find another way 
         Ab 
But the words I left unspoken 
                   Bb     Cm 
Won't come back to yesterday 
 

 
Cm 
Now I'm standing in the silence 
            Eb          Bb 
With your shadow on my wall 
       Cm              Ab 
I was careless with a promise 
 Eb              Bb 
Now I've lost it all 
           Cm 
There are roads we cannot travel 
            Ab               Eb 
There are bridges burned by rain 
             Cm              Ab 
And I would give my life to hold you 
         Bb       Cm       Fsus2 Fsus4 
But I'd only hurt you again 
 

 
    Cm 
I remember how you trusted 
       Bb                Cm 
Every word that left my mouth 
        Ab                 Eb 
Never thought the hands I held 
                              Bb 
Would be the ones to let you down 
 

 
        Cm 
Now the photographs are fading 
          Bb                  Cm 
But your eyes still look the same 
           Ab 
And every Time The night gets colder 
       Fm7         Bb      Cm   Fsus2 
I remember why you walked away 
 

 
      Eb 
Maybe time will each forgiveness 
       Bb                 Cm 
Maybe someday I'll understand 
        Ab 
That a heart can break much faster 
                 Bb     Cm 
than it takes to heal a man 
 

 
Cm 
Now I'm standing in the silence 
            Eb          Bb 
With your shadow on my wall 
       Cm              Ab 
I was careless with a promise 
 Eb              Bb 
Now I've lost it all 
           Cm 
There are roads we cannot travel 
          Ab                Eb 
There are bridges burned by rain 
             Cm              Ab 
And I would give my life to hold you 
         Bb       Cm 
But I'd only hurt you again  

{Instrumental} 
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      Cm    Ab                   Eb 
If I could hear your voice once more 
         Bb              Cm 
I'd have nothing left to say 
      Ab          Eb 
No excuses, no defenses 
         Bb 
Just the truth I threw away 
 

 
     Ab 
And somewhere past the morning 
      Cm            Bb  Cm 
Maybe you'll forget my name 
    Ab                       Bb 
But I'll carry what I broke 
                     Cm 
Until the end of my days 
 

 
Cm 
Now I'm standing in the silence 
           Eb             Bb 
While the rain begins to Fall 
       Cm              Ab 
I was careless with a promise 
 Eb              Bb 
Now I've lost it all 
            Cm 
Some hearts leave without returning 
          Ab                Eb 
Some goodbyes are meant to stay 
                  Cm7        Ab 
And I would give  my life to hold you 
      Ebm7                Cm7 
But I know you've walked away 
                          Ab 
So let the lonely fiddle whisper 
         Bb                Cm 
What my heart could never say 
 

Outro 
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