Separate tables (1992)
Am - E - C - D7 - F - G - Am
Am E
1. At separate tables we sit
down to eat,
C D7
in
separate bedrooms we go to sleep at night,
F C Dm E
I only wish,
you knew how much you’ve been on my mind.
Am
E
2. I think about you when the
morning comes,
C D7
I think about you when all my
day is done,
F C
- Dm E
wondering
what you are doing now, are you
lonely, too?
C D7 F
‘Cause I, I miss you here tonight, and I wish you were by my side,
C - G - F - G
and I don’t want to let g........o.
Am
E
3. At separate tables we
sit down to write,
C D7
the
separate letters that never see the light,
F C
Dm E
if
only we could just agree to read between the lines.
Am
E
4. I want to see you and I know what I will say,
C D7
we
must be crazy to throw it all away,
F C Dm E
never
knowing what is lost, before it’s all too late.
C D7
F
And I, I miss you here tonight, and I wish you were by my side,
C - G
and I don’t want to let
g........o.
+ Dm - G
- Dm - G - D# - F - G - G7
C
D7 F
Yes, I, I miss you here tonight, and when I hold you by my side,
C - G
well, I’m not gonna
let g.......o !
+ Am - E - C
- D7 - F - G - Am
(Chris de Burgh)