You Learn To Live Without

INTRO - D

D
 You learn to take your coffee black
 You learn to drink your whiskey neat
G
 You learn to take your shower cold
 And sleep on tired feet
D
 You learn to order dinner in
 You learn to send the laundry out
       G                  A
 You learn to amuse yourself
                           D
 You learn to live without

     G                                                     D
You tell yourself you?re rich at last in money and in time
       G                               A
 You draw a bath and then unplug the phone
      G                                  D
 You pour yourself a Pinot Clo Du Val 2003
      C                             A
 You sit a spell a queen upon her throne
                    D
 You go to bed alone

D
 You learn to fall asleep alone
 You learn to silence ticking clocks
G
 You learn to turn the shades at night
 And double check the locks

D
 You learn to speak so calmly when
 Your heart would like to scream and shout
G                                     A
 You learn to stop and breathe and smile
                          D
 You learn to live without

      G                                                      D
 You find the coat and tie you thought you'd given to good will
       G                                A
 You toss his favorite shoes on to the pile
      G                                          D
 You see him in the faces of the boys he left behind
      C                          A
 And die a bit with every tiny smile
                          D
 But only for a while....

D (one strum)
 You learn to count the quiet winds
 An hour with no unprompted tears
G (one strum)
 And not to count the deadly days
 As they fade into years

D
 You learn to stand alone at last
 So brave and bold and strong and stout
       G
 You learn to somehow like the dark
      Em             A
 You even love the doubt
       G
 You learn to hold your life inside you
       D
 And never let it out
       G                Em              A
 You learn to live and die and then to live
                          D
 You learn to live without
                          G
 You learn to live without
                          D
 You learn to live without