Intro: C (2) G (2) 4x 
 

Verse 1: 
C                G 
Cigarettes and a lighter, 
C                     G 
Lonely woman swinging door, 
C                  G 
Broken pieces of a broken love affair, 
  C                         D 
I guess we've seen all that before. 
C                         G 
Tonight she stares to the darkness, 
C                      G 
Welcomes it back home again. 
C                              G   
She'll cry every night til the day that she dies 
   Am                  C      D         G 
If she don't find out how to let love in. 
 
Chorus 1: 
C          D        G 
I need somebody to save me, 
C         D             G 
I need to learn how to fly. 
  C            D               G 
A walk on the clouds with the angels, 
C               D     G 
Laugh when the devil cries. 
C            D       G   
I've got to take my chances, 
C         D         G                C           D 
Spend my nights in wild romances and hold on to what's 
Am      D     G   
Holdin' on to me. 
 
Repeat 1/2 Intro 
 
Verse 2: 
C                     G 
Now doesn't this all seem familiar, 
     C                     G 
You said I took the words from your mouth. 
C                    G 
Maybe if we sit and talk for awhile,  
C                         D 
We just might work it all out. 
         C                   G 
And the hardest thing about leavin' is  
C                           G 
Knowing when a friend is a friend. 
  C                       G 
A couple more drinks and I'll be on my way, 
Am                  C            D    G     
Sleeping and down, safe in your arms again. 
 
Repeat Chorus