Album version
G7
Am
You say you love me
And you're thinkin' of me,
G(7)
But you know you could be wrong.
Am
You say you told me
That you wanna hold me,
G(7)
But you know you're not that strong.
Bm
I just can't do what I done before,
Am
I just can't beg you any more.
G(7)
I'm gonna let you pass
D7
And I'll go last.
G Bm/f# C/e G
Then time will tell just who has fell
Am(/c) D7
And who's been left behind,
n.c. G
When you go your way and I go mine.
You say you disturb me
And you don't deserve me,
But you know sometimes you lie.
You say you're shakin'
And you're always achin',
But you know how hard you try.
Sometimes it gets so hard to care,
It can't be this way ev'rywhere.
And I'm gonna let you pass,
Yes, and I'll go last.
Then time will tell just who has fell
And who's been left behind,
When you go your way and I go mine.
Em
The judge, he holds a grudge,
D
He's gonna call on you.
Em
But he's badly built
And he walks on stilts,
D7 D7sus4
Watch out he don't fall on you.
You say you're sorry For tellin' stories That you know I believe are true. You say ya got some Other kinda lover And yes, I believe you do. You say my kisses are not like his, But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is. I'm just gonna let you pass, Yes, and I'll go last. Then time will tell who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine.
Before the Flood version (live, 1974)
Same as above, only faster, more intensive, and (in my opinion:) better, and with the intro figure played rather like this (on Garth’s organ, though):
G(7) : . . . : . . . |-3---------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|-----------------| |-0---0---3---0---|-3-----0-3---0---| |-0---------------|-----------------| |-2---------------|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|
Shadow Kingdom Version
Notable are the intro riff, which really is both Gm and G major all at the same time, and the transition back to the verse after the bridge, where the first part of the verse is kept in the slow, unrhythmicized recitative style as the bridge itself.
Riff:
G(7)
: . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---h4--0---|-3h4---0-3---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Am
You say you love me
you're thinkin' of me,
G(7)
you know you could be wrong.
Am
You say you told me that you
wanna hold me, But you
G7+9
you know you're not that strong.
Bm
I just can't do what I done before,
Am
I just can't beg you any more.
G7+9
I'm gonna let you pass
D7+9
And I'll go last.
G D/f# C/e G
Then time will tell just who has fell
C /b Am
And who's been left behind,
n.c. G
When you go your way and I go mine.
You say you disturb me
And you don't deserve me,
But you know sometimes you lie.
You say you're shakin'
And you're always achin',
But you know how hard you try.
Sometimes it gets so hard to care,
It can't be this way ev'rywhere.
And I'm gonna let you pass,
Yes, and I'll go last.
Then time will tell just who has fell
And who's been left behind,
When you go your way and I go mine.
Bm
The judge, he holds a grudge,
Am
He's gonna call on you.
Bm
But he's badly built
And he walks on stilts,
Am
Watch out he don't fall on you.
You say you're sorry
For tellin' me stories
G7+9
That you know I believe are true.
Say you got some other
Other kinda lover
And yes, I believe you do.
You say my kisses aren't like his, I'm not gonna tell you this time why that is. I'm just gonna let you pass, Yes, and I'll go last. Then time will tell ust who has fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine.