Tom: G
G Bm Am C G
G Bm
I am reaching for the mantel where your picture and a candle stand,
Am C G
Too harsh a reminder to let stay.
G Bm
So I find a drawer that?s deep and safe and I turn around
Am C G
and I walk away, surprised that I have found the strength at last.
G Bm
Every time the phone will ring I cannot seem to help but think that
Am C G
maybe it is you there on the line.
G Bm
But I know it?s not and I must agree it was all just too hard for
Am C G
you and me, so the ringing goes unanswered every time.
[Chorus]
D C G
Oh, I am left with these reminders
D C G
Oh, will this hurtin? ever mend?
D C G
Oh, it hurts to turn around and find you gone
Am C G
And me, here all alone again.
G Bm
That old man down at the coffee shop still asks me every time I stop
Am C G
by the way, how?s the nice lady been?
G Bm
I just say you?re doing fine, and I hope I?m right ?cause I hate
Am C G
lying, and truth be known I?m wishing you all the best.
G Bm
But every black car at every red light still takes my breath cause
Am C
I know it might be you, and that?s just something
G
I cannot deal with yet.
G Bm
So I stick to roads that I know you would never have the cause to go
Am C G
And so far I?ve only broke down twice, that?s right.
[Chorus]
G Bm
It all comes down to just one thought, we thought we were but
Am C G
I guess we?re not, and now we?ve got reminders all around.
G Bm
You?ve got yours and I?ve got mine and someday we?ll turn around and
Am C G
Find that somewhere in the middle the truth was lying.
D C G
And oh, we?ll be free of these reminders.
D C G
Oh, man, this old hurt will finally mend
D C G
Oh, it won?t hurt to turn and find you gone
Am C G
And me, here all alone again.
