[Strophe]
     G              C       G 
If today was not an endless highway 
                     C       G 
If tonight was not a crooked trail 
       C    D             G 
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time 
     C                   D         
Then lonesome would mean nothing to
        G 
 you at all
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all
[Refrain]
         C          D                
Yes, and only if my own true love was
 G 
 waiting 
Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting 
         C                   D      
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a
        G 
 softly pounding 
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a softly pounding 
C       D             G 
Only if she was lying by me 
         C         D         G 
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
[Strophe]
  G                       C     
I can't see my reflection in the
 G 
 water 
I can't see my reflection in the water 
                              C      
I can't speak the sounds that show no
 G 
 pain 
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain 
        C        D          G 
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
 
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps 
   C                  D              
Or can't remember the sound of my own
 G 
 name
Or can't remember the sound of my own name
[Refrain]
         C          D                
Yes, and only if my own true love was
 G 
 waiting 
Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting 
         C                   D      
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a
        G 
 softly pounding 
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a softly pounding 
C       D             G 
Only if she was lying by me 
         C         D         G 
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
[Strophe]
        G                     C      
There's beauty in the silver, singing
 G 
 river 
There's beauty in the silver, singing river 
                              C     
There's beauty in the sunrise in the
  G 
 sky 
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky 
    C                 D           
But none of these and nothing else
               G 
 can touch the beauty 
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty 
         C            D          
That I remember in my true love's
 G 
 eyes.
That I remember in my true love's eyes.
[Refrain]
         C          D                
Yes, and only if my own true love was
 G 
 waiting 
Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting 
         C                   D      
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a
        G 
 softly pounding 
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a softly pounding 
C       D             G 
Only if she was lying by me 
         C         D         G 
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.