Nothing Compares To U

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

Intro
Am Am7 G Am G

Verse 1
AmI Still Leave The Hallway Light On
Though There's No OGne CComing Home
Some Nights I HGear The Old Floor Creaking
And Forget TAmhat I'm Alone

Verse 2
Your Coffee CFup Is In The Cupboard
Where I Left It YCears Ago
Funny How The SmGallest Things
Are The Hardest Things To Let AmGo

Verse 3
I Thought The YFears Would Teach MeDm7​
How To Carry COn Somehow
But Time Can ChGange A Thousand Things
It Hasn't ChFanged You Now

Chorus
I've Known Other HCands,
I've Walked Other RGoads
I've Watched The AmSeasons Come And FGo
I Told MCyself That I Was Finally FGree
That The PAmast Was Where It Ought To FBe
But SomewhCere Underneath These YGears
Your AmMemory Still Lives FHere
Now I KCnow What I Could Never PGrove
No One EFver Came GClose To CYou
Nothing CoGuld RepAmlace You  F   Nothing Ever CWilGl
I've Spent A Dm7Lifetime MGoving FOn
And Somehow LGove Stood SCtill

Verse 4
I ReAmmember Sunday Mornings
Rain Against TChe Window Glass
You Would HGum Beside The Fire
While The Whole World WAmandered Past

Verse 5
There Was Nothing ExtFraordinary
In The Way You SCaid My Name
But I Would Give ThGis Life I've Lived
To Hear It Just Once AAmgain

Verse 6
The PhotogrFaph Is Fading
But Your Eyes Are SCtill The Same
And Every RGoad I Travelled
Somehow Led Me BAmack Again

Verse 7
GI Used To Call It WFeakness
To Remember What CWas Gone
Now I Think Perhaps SGome Memories
Are Simply Meant To Carry FOn

Chorus
I've Known Other CHands,
I've Walked Other RoGads
I've Seen The CAmities No One KnFows
I Built A LCife And Learned To SGmile
I Thought I'd Buried You AAmfter All This WFhile
But When TChe Evening Settles GDown
And Silence FAmills This Empty HFouse
There Is One TCruth I Can't UGndo
No One EFver RepGlaced CYou
GNothing Could Replace YAmou F​
Nothing Ever WCill G​
I've Spent A Dm7Lifetime GMoving FOn
And SomeDm7how LGove Stood SCtill

Verse 8
CMy Hair Has Turned To Silver
The AmYears Have Left Their Mark
I've LFearned That Growing Older
Doesn't MCake The Distance Dark

Verse 9
GI've ForgiCven What I Couldn't G​
I've AccAmepted What I Lost
Some ThFings Are Not Forgotten
No Matter What They CGost

Verse 10
I Don't Need You To ReCturn Now
I Don't NGeed Another ChAmance
I Finally Stopped PFretending
That EGvery Love Can Be RepClaced

Bridge
Maybe LoGve Was Never MAmeant
To Disappear CompleteFly
Maybe Some HeCarts Leave A Mark
That TGime Cannot DefAmeat
And If I Could Go Back TFhere
I Wouldn't ACsk You To SG7tay
I'd Only TDm7ell You What I CoFuldn't
When You WGalked AwG7ay
You Were The One I Didn't KDmnow
Dm7I Would Spend My Life RememGbering

Chorus
I've Known Other HCands
I've Walked Other RoGads
I've Watched This OAmld World Change And GrFow
And I Don't RegCret The Life I've LivG7ed
Or All The ThFings The Years Have GGiven
But Standing HCere Beneath This Morning GSky
I Finally UAmnderstand Why F​
Some LoCves Don't Need Another DGay
To Prove They FNever GWent AwayC​
NotGhing Could RepAmlace You
And I Don't Need It TFo
I Finally Made My PCeace With That  G​
And I Can Say It NCow

Outro
IC Loved You I Lost You
I CGarried You This AmFar
And AFfter All These YeaGrs
I Know Exactly What You CAre  G​
The One LFove No GOne Could RepClace
The House Is Quiet Now The Morning LAmight Is New
I Close The DFoor Behind MeG    And I Don't LookC Back
GNothing Could Replace YCou