Thirty Years Of Tears Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro and Riff 1: G A7sus4 Cadd9 (see performance notes)

G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

Is this a place I can rest my poor head,

  G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

To gather my thoughts in sweet si......lence?

G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead,

 From an GoverexEm7posure to Dsus2violence?

 And Dsus4is thiAs a G5plaBce I can Cadd9slowly G5facBe

 The only Dsus4one I A G5truBly can Cadd9know?

 These are Gtears from a Cadd9long time aGgo,

Cadd9I've got these Gtears from a Cadd9long time aGgo,

 and Cadd9I need to Gcry Dthirty Dsus4years Dor Em7so.

GThese are Cadd9tears from a Dlong Dsus4time Gago.

Cadd9 G5 B Dsus4 A

  G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

"Oh, Darling, Oh, darling" you say unto me,

  G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

"Oh, Where have you been all my life...time?"

  G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

Well, I have been swimmin' the seven sad seas,

 Fair Gwomen have Em7thrown me their Dsus2lifelines,

 And I Dsus4just pAulled them G5in Bto the Cadd9water's dark G5griBn,

 I'd have Dsus4warnedA 'em but G5I dBidn't Cadd9know.

 These are Gtears from a Cadd9long time aGgo,

Cadd9I've got these Gtears from a Cadd9long time aGgo,

 and Cadd9I need to Gcry Dthirty Dsus4years Dor Em7so.

GThese are Cadd9tears from a Dlong Dsus4time Gago.

Cadd9 G5 B A7sus4 G

Interlude chords

Dsus4

Cadd9 B G5 A Dsus4 G

Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 G

Cadd9 B G5 A Dsus4 G

Cadd9 B G5 A Dsus4

  G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

Well, I've cried me a river, I've cried me a lake,

  G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

Hell, I cried 'til the past nearly drowned me.

G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1

Tears for sad consequence, tears for mistakes,

 But Gnever these Em7tears that surDsus2round me.

Dsus4Alone Ain this G5plaBce with a Cadd9lifetime to G5traBce,

 And a Dsus4heartbAeat that G5telBls me it's Cadd9so.

 Oh, and I've got these Gtears from a Cadd9long time aGgo,

Cadd9These are Gtears from a Cadd9long time aGgo,

 and Cadd9I need to Gcry Dthirty Dsus4years Dor Em7so,

GThese are Cadd9tears from a Dlong Dsus4time Gago,

 These are Cadd9tears from a Dlong Dsus4time Gago,

 I've got these Cadd9tears from a Dlong Dsus4time Gago.