Country mile (2024)     (video)

 

    Dm - F - C (2x)

 

G       D                  Bm     C

 I, oh, I believe you, I, oh, I.

G       D                         F                   C                           G

 I, oh, I beseech you, walk with me along this country mile.

 

                     G                      D

1. The destination is never certain

                      Bm                          C

    but for the fact our hearts are hurting.

                              G                                     D

    The trees are weeping, the moon's not sleeping,

                       Bm                         C

    nothing we carry that's worth keeping.

                                 G                  D

    There's not much light on, our side of the road

                Bm

    so we walk as if our eyes are closed,

       C

    walk as if our eyes are closed.

 

G       D                  Bm     C

 I, oh, I believe you, I, oh, I.

G       D                         F                   C                           G

 I, oh, I beseech you, walk with me along this country mile.

 

+  G  - D#   - G - D#

 

                               G                            D

2. Is it the wide or narrow ? The big or little things

                           Bm                      C

    that keep you company as the summer sings.

                         G                               D

   No use complaining, the key was under the mat,

                   Bm

    and if it's raining, you should have thought of that,

           C

    of course, you should have thought of that.

 

 G       D                  Bm    C

 I, oh, I believe you, I, oh, I.

G       D                         F                   C

 I, oh, I beseech you, walk with me along this country mile.

 

+  C - G - D# (2x)

 

   G DBm C

+      I, I,   I believe you when you say

   G                    D                                          Bm

    I, I'm gonna get there, but not unless you help me.

                                  C

    Surrender what is lost and found

                                    D

    with silence in the place of sound

                                      Bm

    to free you when you run aground.

                             C

    Open up your darkest forest

                                    G

    believe me when I can't be honest.

                              D

    Breaking all the ice when I go numb

                                   Bm

    help you make me hold on so long

               C

    'til my race is run

 

 G       D                  Bm    C

 I, oh, I believe you, I, oh, I.

G       D                         F                   C                           G

 I, oh, I beseech you, walk with me along this country mile.

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (U2)