C/G    3x2013
G      320003
D/F#   200232
D7/F#  20021(2)

(The C/G G at most of the line endings is played like the figure at the beginning of the intro.)

[Intro]
(same picking pattern throughout):
   C/G         G   C/G         g       G                         C/G
   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
B|-----1------(0)--|-----1------(0)--|-----0-----------|-----------------|
G|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D|-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------2---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

   G     C/G   G                     C/G         G   C/G         G
   |   .   .   .   |   .   .   .     |   .   .   .   |   .   .   .
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0h1----(0)------------------|-----1------(0)------1------(0)--|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0h2-----0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------2-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|

   G
   |   .   .   .   |   .   .   .
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
                          If today...

[Verse]
     G       C/G            G          C/G  G
If today was not an endless highway, *)
     G         C/G           G
If tonight was not a crooked trail,
   C/G      D/F#          C/G       G
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time,
     C/G                 D/F#              C/G G
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.
         C/G        D/F#              C/G  G
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
   C/G              D/F#           C/G     G
if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
         C/G     D/F#          C/G   G
Yes, and only if she was lyin' by me,
    C/G . . .     D7/F# . . .     C/G  G  C/G  G  C/G   G  G
I'd lie     in my bed       once again.

[Verse]
I can't see my reflection in the waters,
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
Or can't remember the sound of my own name.

[Chorus]
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

[Verse]
There's beauty in the silver, singin' river,
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky,
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes.

[Chorus]
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.