Tone: [A]
Verse 1:
And he says, "W[A]hat do y[D]ou l[A]ove to d[E]o?
Ou[A]Outside your w[D]world,
W[A]Who spends t[E]time with you?
W[A]hom do you l[D]ove w[A]hen you're not wo[E]rking?
Sw[A]Sweet Girl.[D]Girl... [A] [E]
Verse 2:
[A]Where would yo[D]you go,
[A]If you had the t[E]time?
Cro[A]ssing some c[D]razy State[A]-line som[E]ewhere?
To w[A]whom do you c[D]cry?
Pe[A]People are un[E]unkind,
Sw[A]Sweet Girl.[D]Girl..." [A] [E]
Chorus:
But I chose to da[F]nce across the st[G]ages of the wo[A]rld.
Eve[F]ryone s[G]aid I'd never l[A]earn...
And [F]I still he[G]ar your wo[A]rds, "Well, I waited a[F]ll my
l[G]ife for you..[F]..Sw[G]eet G[A]irl..."
Verse 3:
[A]I did t[D]ry to c[A]ome back and li[E]sten...
y[A]you never kn[D]knew it...
[A]I didn't w[E]wish it...
And [A]I did h[D]ear every an[A]swer of every que[E]stion...
It's a[A]ll about prot[D]ection...[A]. [E]
Verse 4:
St[A]ill through the su[D]nlight d[A]ays I wa[E]it...
Tr[A]Track a ghost th[D]through the fog....
T[A]The sun is bu[E]burning me...
And y[A]you come r[D]runnin' out...
In the w[A]wind with [E]me...
The oc[A]ean is your bl[D]anket...[A] [E]
Chorus:
But I chose to da[F]nce across the st[G]ages of the w[A]orld...
E[F]veryone s[G]aid I'd never le[A]arn...
[F]I still h[G]ear your w[A]ords,
"Well, I waited a[F]ll my l[G]ife for y[A]ou...
I watched you f[F]fly through the w[G]world.
In a go[A]golden ball...
M[F]any are the ci[G]ties that I n[A]ever saw at all..."
Som[F]etimes I fe[G]el like I was al[A]ways on-call
So[F]Sometimes even [G]I am all[A]allowed to fall...
Outro:
He says, "Co[F]"Come down here f[G]for a
mi[A]minute...Well, c[F]come down here [G]for a mi[A]nute...."
He says, "C[F]ome down here f[G]or a min[A]ute, Sw[F]eet Girl...
[G]Sweet Gi[A]Girl...