Leaving Love Behind

| F  Dm  | C  |

[Verse 1]
  Dm                      Bb      
Although the years have changed 
         C                F
now and we go by different names
    F             Dm        C
I remember the sound of our roof in 
the rain
        Bb               Dm        
And my mind goes back in time to a 
C          F
place so far gone
          F               Dm      
Where the love we left behind us 
         C
was still new

[Verse 2]
        Dm                Bb      
We were listenin' to a record on 
   C            F
the end of your bed
    F                 Dm          
Not givin' thought to where it was
      C
 all goin'
F/A    Bb                    Dm 
 And I wished right then and 
            C                  F
there so badly I could read your 
mind
        F                  Dm     
Just so I could know the things 
               C
that you were knowin'

[Chorus]
     F Dm         C   Cadd9 C
I believe, yes, I do
    Bb               Dm    C     
The hardest part is always 
          F
leaving love behind
     F Dm7        C   Cadd9 C
I believe, yes, I do
     Bb              Dm      C   
That everything we lose will be a
         F
 gift in time
        F               Dm        
But the hardest part is leaving 
     C
love behind

[Verse 3]
     Dm              Bb        
When it was time to say goodbye, 
        C                 F
those words came down like stones
    F               Dm         
I admit for so long after it was 
   C
hard to feel at home
         Bb                 Dm 
We would hear the highway's song 
            C            F
shifting down in the night
      F                  Dm       
I was grateful that the echoes 
         C
broke the quiet

[Chorus]
     F Dm         C
I believe, yes, I do
    Bb               Dm    C     
The hardest part is always 
          F
leaving love behind
     F Dm7        C
I believe, yes, I do
     Bb              Dm      C   
That everything we lose will be a
         F
 gift in time
        F               Dm        
But the hardest part is leaving 
     C
love behind

[Instrumental]
| Dm  C  | Bb  C  |  Dm  C  | Bb 

 | Gm  F/A  | C  | Gm  F/A  | C  |

[Verse 4]
    Dm               Bb            
The sun fades on me now and I miss 
C                  F
you like words can't know
      F                 Dm        
And I missed my shot at dyin' 
    C
young a long time ago
            Bb                 Dm 
It's just a lesson learned in 
            C              F
love, it's not angry, it's not sad
    F                    Dm       
Sometimes you gotta lose something
    C                   Cadd9 C
 to know what you have

[Chorus]
     F         Dm             C
I believe (I believe), yes, I do
    Bb               Dm    C     
The hardest part is always 
          F
leaving love behind
     F         Dm             C
I believe (I believe), yes, I do
         Bb             Dm       
Oh, that everything we lose will 
C            F
be a gift in time
     F          Dm7           C
(I believe) I believe (Yes, I do)
    F               Dm         
The hardest part is leaving love 
    C
behind