When It Don't Come Easy — Patty Griffin
Chords and lyrics for When It Don't Come Easy by Patty Griffin (key of C, capo 1).
Verse 1
[C]Red lights are flashing on a highway, I wonder if we're gonna ever get home
[F]I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight
[C]Everywhere the water's getting rough, your best intentions may not be enough
[F]I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight
Chorus
[F]But if you break down, I'll drive out and find you
[F]If you forget my love, I'll try to remind you
[Dm]I'll stay by you, when it don't come easy
[F]When it don't come easy
Verse 2
[C]I don't know nothing except change will come, year after year what we do is undone
[F]Time gets moving from a crawl to a run, I wonder if we're gonna ever get home
[C]You're out there walking down a highway, and all of the signs got blown away
[F]Sometimes you wonder if you're walking in the wrong direction
Chorus
[F]But if you break down, I'll drive out and find you
[F]If you forget my love, I'll try to remind you
[Dm]I'll stay by you, when it don't come easy
[F]When it don't come easy
Bridge
[G]So many things that I've had before, they don't matter to me now
[G]Tonight I cry for the love that I've lost, and the love I've never found
[Dm]And when the last bird falls, and the last siren sounds
[C]Someone will say what's been said before, it's only love that we're looking for
Chorus
[F]But if you break down, I'll drive out and find you
[F]If you forget my love, I'll try to remind you
[Dm]I'll stay by you, when it don't come easy
[F]When it don't come easy