Nothing Compares To U

Key: Bb | Tempo: 145 | Time: 6/8

Intro
Em Em7 D Em D

Verse 1
EmI Still Leave The Hallway Light On
Though There's No ODne CGoming Home
Some Nights I HDear The Old Floor Creaking
And Forget TEmhat I'm Alone

Verse 2
Your Coffee CCup Is In The Cupboard
Where I Left It YGears Ago
Funny How The SmDallest Things
Are The Hardest Things To Let EmGo

Verse 3
I Thought The YCears Would Teach MeAm7​
How To Carry GOn Somehow
But Time Can ChDange A Thousand Things
It Hasn't ChCanged You Now

Chorus
I've Known Other HGands,
I've Walked Other RDoads
I've Watched The EmSeasons Come And CGo
I Told MGyself That I Was Finally FDree
That The PEmast Was Where It Ought To CBe
But SomewhGere Underneath These YDears
Your EmMemory Still Lives CHere
Now I KGnow What I Could Never PDrove
No One ECver Came DClose To GYou
Nothing CoDuld RepEmlace You  C   Nothing Ever GWilDl
I've Spent A Am7Lifetime MDoving COn
And Somehow LDove Stood SGtill

Verse 4
I ReEmmember Sunday Mornings
Rain Against TGhe Window Glass
You Would HDum Beside The Fire
While The Whole World WEmandered Past

Verse 5
There Was Nothing ExtCraordinary
In The Way You SGaid My Name
But I Would Give ThDis Life I've Lived
To Hear It Just Once AEmgain

Verse 6
The PhotogrCaph Is Fading
But Your Eyes Are SGtill The Same
And Every RDoad I Travelled
Somehow Led Me BEmack Again

Verse 7
DI Used To Call It WCeakness
To Remember What GWas Gone
Now I Think Perhaps SDome Memories
Are Simply Meant To Carry COn

Chorus
I've Known Other GHands,
I've Walked Other RoDads
I've Seen The CEmities No One KnCows
I Built A LGife And Learned To SDmile
I Thought I'd Buried You AEmfter All This WChile
But When TGhe Evening Settles DDown
And Silence FEmills This Empty HCouse
There Is One TGruth I Can't UDndo
No One ECver RepDlaced GYou
DNothing Could Replace YEmou C​
Nothing Ever WGill D​
I've Spent A Am7Lifetime DMoving COn
And SomeAm7how LDove Stood SGtill

Verse 8
GMy Hair Has Turned To Silver
The EmYears Have Left Their Mark
I've LCearned That Growing Older
Doesn't MGake The Distance Dark

Verse 9
DI've ForgiGven What I Couldn't D​
I've AccEmepted What I Lost
Some ThCings Are Not Forgotten
No Matter What They CDost

Verse 10
I Don't Need You To ReGturn Now
I Don't NDeed Another ChEmance
I Finally Stopped PCretending
That EDvery Love Can Be RepGlaced

Bridge
Maybe LoDve Was Never MEmeant
To Disappear CompleteCly
Maybe Some HeGarts Leave A Mark
That TDime Cannot DefEmeat
And If I Could Go Back TChere
I Wouldn't AGsk You To SD7tay
I'd Only TAm7ell You What I CoCuldn't
When You WDalked AwD7ay
You Were The One I Didn't KAmnow
Am7I Would Spend My Life RememDbering

Chorus
I've Known Other HGands
I've Walked Other RoDads
I've Watched This OEmld World Change And GrCow
And I Don't RegGret The Life I've LivD7ed
Or All The ThCings The Years Have DGiven
But Standing HGere Beneath This Morning DSky
I Finally UEmnderstand Why C​
Some LoGves Don't Need Another DDay
To Prove They CNever DWent AwayG​
NotDhing Could RepEmlace You
And I Don't Need It TCo
I Finally Made My PGeace With That  D​
And I Can Say It NGow

Outro
IG Loved You I Lost You
I CDarried You This EmFar
And ACfter All These YeaDrs
I Know Exactly What You GAre  D​
The One LCove No DOne Could RepGlace
The House Is Quiet Now The Morning LEmight Is New
I Close The DCoor Behind MeD    And I Don't LookG Back
DNothing Could Replace YGou