The Wanting by J Roddy Walston And The Business Guitar Chords

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[Intro]
(D)

E Esus2 Esus4 E Esus2 E
E Esus2 Esus4 E Esus2 E

[Verse 1]
E Esus2 Esus4
Don’t sell the farm

yet, believe in me
E Esus2 Esus4 E Esus2 E
Don’t break the branches off the family tree
E Esus2 Esus4
I’m made of good wood,
E Esus2 E
bend but don’t break
E Esus2 Esus4 E Esus2
There’s only some much middle sons can take

[Pre-Chorus]
A
My mechanics of coping
E
Alcohol, melatonin
A E
Ain’t enough to get you out of my life
A
You can grab, you can hold it
E
But you’re gonna let go when
A B
Everything about it just ain’t right
B7 E5
So we’re just

[Chorus]
A5
Dead fields sown in pain
E5
I’m the last of your name
Db5 A5 E5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
A5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
E5 A5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
Ab5 A5
You’re the one thing that I want
B5 E5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have

[Verse 2]
E Esus2 Esus4
There are some deeds
E Esus2 E
that can’t be undid
E Esus2 Esus4 E Esus2 E
There are some moral slopes that can’t be unslid
E Esus2 Esus4
Did you do right by us?
E Esus2 E
Best it could be
E Esus2 Esus4 E Esus2
You’ve done no harm but you’ve been no good to me

[Pre-Chorus]
A
You only think you’re at home when
E
You’re out and making atonement
A E
Someday you got to make up your own mind
A
You’re never gonna get free of
E
The way you left me to need love
A B
I returned the pain you paid us in kind
B7 E5
So we’re just

[Chorus]
A5
Dead fields sown in pain
E5
I’m the last of your name
Db5 A5 E5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
A5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
E5 A5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
Ab5 A5
You’re the one thing that I want
B5 E5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have

[Bridge]
A
Upon the mount there was a sermon
E
And then there was a lesson learned
A
If I can only touch in third person
A E
Is this cause to be concerned
B
I want to know if the passing’s complete
A E
And if it was a clean divide
B
Is this your body
B
Is this where you’ll sleep
A
I want to love you
B B7
I want to tell you but I can’t change my mind

[Chorus]
E5 A5
Dead fields sown in pain
E5
I’m the last of your name
Db5 A5 E5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
A5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
E5 A5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
Ab5 A5
You’re the one thing that I want
B5 E5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have

[Outro]
Ab5 A5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
B5 E
And the wanting’s all I’ll have