First Aid Kit - I’ve Wanted You

[Intro]
G Am C G

[Verse 1]
Am
There’s this image of you that I can’t shake
C G
That day we drove out to the ocean
Am
So many things I wanted to say
C G
But I knew it was all in vain

Am Em
Life doesn’t give you hoops to jump through
Am Em
It gives you tireless roads to cross
Am Em
The sadness came over me
Am Em
So in love, so at loss

[Chorus]
F C
I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

[Verse 2]
Am
I’ve been feeling so inbetween things
C G
Sad and stuckin’ alone
Am
Even when I’m as high as I can get
C G
I can’t forget I’m on my own

Am Em
Keep thinking I can escape this
Am Em
But there are no red shoes to tap
Am Em
Just endless hauling through a desert
Am Em
And babe there never was a map

[Chorus]
F C
But I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh
Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh

[Verse 3]
Am
All the people I have grown to love
C G
That I’ve had to leave behind
Am
Because that was the way the road turned
C G
I’m sorry I have let you down

Am Em
You caught me in a moment
Am Em
When I was trying to catch the wind
Am Em
Thought there was some kind of magic
Am Em
But there’s just well-executed tricks

[Chorus]
F C
I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

[Verse 4]
Am
This is what time does to us
C G
We try to fight and never win
Am
There’s no plot to follow here
C G
Just repetition of the same old sin

Am Em
I keep thinking that I’ve found it
Am Em
A way to fill up the empty parts in me
Am Em
If it’s all temporary
Am Em
I guess I’ll have to wait and see

{Chorus]
F C
I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh
Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh

[Verse 5]
Am
The woman who lives above me
C G
I hear her listen to the radio
Am
She loves the old time stations
C G
They say “Lover don’t let me go”

Am Em
And I have been there before
Am Em
In that place of desperate need
Am Em
I’m not ready to go back there
Am Em
To wait for someone else to leave

[Chorus]
F C
But I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

[Verse 6]
Am
Now I’m turnin’ all my lights down
C G
I don’t know where you are tonight
Am
Can feel so close and then so far away
C G
Within the blinking of an eye

Am Em
I convince myself I have answers
Am Em
But I always call my bluff
Am Em
All I have is my love to give
Am Em
Some day that might be enough

[Chorus]
F C
But I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

F C
I’ve wanted you
G
For so very long

Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh
Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh
Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh
Em C G
Ooh ooh ooh