What We Mean to Each Other

Notes:
     (a) is 2nd dot minor
     (b) is 2nd dot major
     (c) is 1st dot minor
     (d) is 1st dot major
     G   is G-Bar
     Cm’ is without last two fingers
 
Cm . . . . . . . . . . .D
 We lived life the way I thought
 G . . . . Cm’ . . G            
 Lovers always do
 Cm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D
 We fought a lot and dreamed about
 G . . . . . . Cm’ . . . . . G
 The day it would be new
 (a) . . . . . . . . . . (b)
 Had we found some harmony
 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(b)
 Had you found some love for me
 (a) . . . . . . . . . .(d)
 I’d never have come to see
 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d)
 What we meant to each other
 . . . . C . . . . . D . . . . . . G
 And, I would never be free
 . . . C . . . . . .D . . . . . G
 No, I would never be free

You know that I cared for you
 And how much I tried
 You know what I dared for you
 And how often I cried

 You never ever looked at me
 Blind in your hypocrisy
 You didn’t even care to see
 What we meant to each other
 Or, I would never be free
 No, I would never be free

 You threw me out of your home
 You knew I needed you
 You threw me out on my own
 You broke my heart in two

 I stumbled out all alone
 Mostly blind, a little stoned
 The only thing that was gone
 Was what we meant to each other
 And, I thought I’d never be free
 I thought I’d never be free

 The months sang their winsome tones
 They dried up all my tears
 I found I could live alone
 Without your shadow near

 Freedom was your gift to me
 Filled my life with honesty
 Now I face the reality
 Of what we meant to each other
 And, I will always be free
 I will always be free

James K. Richardson