Like A Sad Song

Words and Music by John Denver

from Spirit (1976)

Unusual Chords:
 
D/F# : 2||232
Cm6/Eb : ||1213
Cm7/Eb : ||1313
 
 
 
C Cm6/Eb G C Cm6/Eb D
 
 G D/F# Em7  G7
Usually in the morning I'm filled with sweet belonging
 C Cm6/Eb G
And ev'rything is beautiful to see
 D/F# Em7 G
Even when it's raining, the sound of heaven singing
 C Cm6/Eb G
Is simply joyful music to me.
 
 
 C Cm6/Eb G
 Sometimes I feel like a sad song
 C Cm6/Eb D
 Like I'm all alone without you.
 
 
 G D/F# Em7 G7
So many diff'rent places, a million smiling faces
 C Cm/Eb G
Life is so incredible to me
 D/F# Em7 G7
Especially to be near you and how it is to touch you
 C Cm6/Eb G
Oh paradise was made for you and me.
 
 
 C Cm6/Eb G Em
 I know that life goes on just perfectly
 Am7 D7 G
 And ev'rything is just the way that it should be
 C Cm6/Eb G Em
 Still there are times when my heart feels like breaking
 Am D
 And anywhere is where I'd rather be.
 
 G D/F# Em7 G7
 Oh and in the night time I know that it's the right time
 C Cm6/Eb G
 To hold you close and say I love you so
 D/F#
 To have someone to share with
 Em7 G7
 And someone I can care with
 C  Cm6/Eb G
 And that is why I wanted you to know
 
 C Cm6/Eb G
 Sometimes I feel like a sad song
  C Cm6/Eb D Cm6/Eb D
 Like I'm all alone without you, without you.
 
 G D/F# Em G7 C Cm7/Eb