Things I Cannot Change

Here's great tune by the Mavericks: nice rythtm, great hook, smart lyrics - who could ask for more? Things I Cannot Change The Mavericks Super Colossal Hits of the 90s, 1999 guitar 1: rhythm chords shown over lyrics and bars guitar 2: intro riff, fills, solo, outro riff, and slow strum of rhythm chords elsewhere intro*: Am C Dm E7 (x4) verse 1: Am C Dm E7 Am Leaves fall in the cool October air C Dm E7 Am Days grow short and I can't remember where C Dm E7 Am I saw you last turned against the summer light C Dm E7 F Walking off on that final August night F Fm Fm C I was there on my knees, all alone chorus: Am Dm* Fm C In a world where nothing ever stays the same Am Dm* Fm C I am left with only things I cannot change Am Dm Fm C C** You've gone away and left me things I cannot change verse 2: Am C Dm E7 Am Smoke will rise and the fire always burns C Dm E7 Am Sands will drift and tides will turn and I can't wrestle C Dm E7 Am with the sea rearrange the sky or fight C Dm E7 F against the wind any more than I can bring F Fm Fm C you back to me chorus: Am Dm* Fm C In a world where nothing ever stays the same Am Dm* Fm C I am left with only things I cannot change Am Dm Fm C C You've gone away and left me things I cannot change Am Dm Fm C So far away and left me things I cannot change solo and outro*: ADFC ADm Fm C left me things I cannot cha-- ADFC --------ge left me things I cannot cha-- ADFC --------ge Am Dm Fm C (x3) *intro riff: Am C Dm E7 repeat e -------- -------- -------- ---------- B -------- -------- -------- ---------- G -------- -0------ -------- ---------- D -------- 2-2---0- 0020---- ---------- A ----0-03 -------3 -------- -------320 E -----3-- -------- -------- 00-10----- *Dm fill: Dm e -------- B -------- G -------- D ---20--- A 023----- E -------- **C fill: C e -------- B -------- G -------- D 02------ A --320--- E -------- *solo and outro riff: CAFm CCDADDDDFm e ------8--8---10- 5--------------- -----10-10-10-10 -----1~~~~~~---- B ------8--8---10- 5--------------- -----10-10-10-10 ----1----------- G ------9--9---10- 5--------------- -----10-10-10-10 ---1------------ D ------10-10--12- 7--------------- -----12-12-12-12 --3------------- A ------10-10--12- 7--------------- -----12-12-12-12 ---------------- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- CAFm CCDCADDDDFm e ----8--8--10-8-- 5--------------- -----10-10-10-10 -----1~~~~~~---- B ----8--8--10-8-- 5--------------- -----10-10-10-10 ----1----------- G ----9--9--10-9-- 5--------------- -----10-10-10-10 ---1------------ D ----10-10-12-10- 7--------------- -----12-12-12-12 --3------------- A ----10-10-12-10- 7--------------- -----12-12-12-12 ---------------- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- C Am Dm Fm repeat e -------- -------- -------- -------- B -------- -------- -------- -------- G -------- -0------ -------- -------- D -------- 2-2---0- 0------- -------- A ----0-03 -------3 --00---- 3------- E -----3-- -------- -------- --11---- Am x02210 C x32010 Dm x00231 E7 020100 F x33211 Fm x33111