[A] I wasn’t [Amaj7) trying to put the [Bm] moves on you,
[E] Or playing games with your [A] mind.
And if I’d [Amaj7] known you’d fall in [Bm] love with me,
[E] I’d never walked into your [A] life.

[CHORUS]
[A] I just need [Amaj7] someone to [Bm] hold me,
[E] It’s not a game I’m trying to [A] play.
I just need [Amaj7] someone who can [Bm] hold me,
[E] And brush these lonely tears [A] away.

[A] You see in [Amaj7] me a childlike [Bm] dreamer,
[E] Who’d use your body like a [A] toy.
I see you [Amaj7] as the lovely [Bm] lady
[E] Who’d bring my life a little [A] joy.

[CHORUS]



I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD ME

[A] There’s a lot that [Bm] I could say,
[E] There are places we [A] could go today,
[A] Mostly I’d just [Bm] like to stay 
Right [E] here, Lovin’ [A] you.

[A] You’ve got things you [Bm] need to do,
[E] But, Babe today I’m [A] needing you.
A day with you could [Bm] pull me through, 
Right [E] here, Lovin’ [A] you.

[D] The last few weeks, the [E] tensions mount,
Till [F#m] I think I’ll explode.
[F#m] Shelter me in your [A] loving arms it’s your [D] love
That keeps me [E] whole.

[A] When today is [Bm] dead and gone,
[E] I can face the [A] morning dawn,
[A] Knowing I can [Bm] carry on, 
Right [E] here, Lovin’ [E] you.
[Repeat Entire Song]
[Repeat last 2 lines]


LOVIN YOU

[C] The red-eye flight from Dallas,
I’ll be [Em7] back with her tonight,
The [F] time has come to face the truth
And I [G] want to do this right.
‘Cause I [C] don’t know how to tell her
I [Em7] thought the whole thing through.
I [F] think we’ve seen the last 
Of all the [G] love that we once knew.

[CHORUS]
[C] How do you say the love affair is [Em7] over?
[F] What do you do when she begins to [C] cry?
[F] When you decide you [G] just can’t fake it,
[Em7] Finally get the [Am] nerve to break it,
[Dm] How do you [Em] finally [F] say the word…? [Gsus – G7]

Falling in and out of love
Is different yet the same.
And it wasn’t anybody’s fault,
There no one we can blame.
And it wasn’t like we planned it
And no one broke the trust.
But, now there’s you and now there’s me
We somehow lost the US.
[CHORUS]
[INSTRUMENTAL] F / Em / Dm / C / F / Em / Dm / C /
[BRIDGE]
[Dm] My legs are weak, my heart is pounding
[Em] The good times with you resounding
[F] There’s a part of [F#o]me that won’t let [G] go… [Modulate]
 [CHORUS]


HOW DO YOU FINALLY SAY THE WORD (GOODBYE)

[INTRO] [Same as Verse]
[E] You call to say you’re working late
Then you [F#m] stay out all night long.
Then crawl on home with whiskey breathe
[E] And start another fight.
Your woman needed tenderness
While [F#m] you’re out with your friends.
You’re out playin’ Macho man and then
[E] Sancho Struck Again !

[CHORUS]
[A] He’s learkin’ in the shadows
So you’ll [E] never see his face.
[A] He’ll violate your cookie jar, then he’s
[F#7] Gone without a [B7] trace.
[E] The legendary lover, 
lonely [F#m] women no his name.
The twinkle in her eye will tell you
[E] Sancho Struck Again !

[INTRUMENTAL] [Same as Verse]

[E] It might be a salesman
Or the [F#m] butcher at the store.
It might be your best friend
Or the [E] guy that lives next door.
A musician, a bartender,
Or [F#m] some guy at the gym.
Chances are you left her lonely, 
[E] Sancho Struck Again !
[CHORUS]
[INTRUMENTAL] [Same as Verse]



SANCHO STRUCK AGAIN

[G7]  The road to glory can be [C] long. [Cmaj7] 
Work my fingers [F] to the bone,
[Fm] Risk every [C] thing I own,
[Am] Sleepless night [Dm] spent alone.  
[G7] And friends are [C] few.
[G7] But in my [C] mind, [Cmaj7] 
There is something [F] leading me, [Fm]
Places I [C] long to see, [Am]
Someone I [Dm] need to be,  
[G7] Before I’m [C] through.
[CHORUS]
I Face the [F] World, 
[G7] And with blind determi [Em7] nation stand [Am] 
With faith in [Dm] what I am
[G7] And what I’ve [C] sown.
I Face the [F] World,
[G7] And when the world has loosed its [Em7] hold on me[Am]
Then they’ll re [Dm] member me,
[G7] ‘Cause I Faced the [C] World.

When at last I’ve reached my goals,
Challenged all the odds & won,
They’ll ask me how it’s done,
How was the glory won?
And my reply,
“My mistakes have made me strong,
And I can tell you with a smile,
The pain made it all worthwhile,
‘Cause I grew with every trial,
Still reaching high!”
[CHORUS]


I FACE THE WORLD

THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE

Written many years ago while playing at the Ramada Inn, Bakersfield, CA for a couple that used to meet for happy hour.  He was a married cop.   She was a divorced waitress.  Both were lonely.  They used to request "I'm Lyin' Her With Linda On My Mind" by Conway Twitty.  So I wrote this for them.  When they heard it...they wept.  He is still married today.

BIRCH DENNEY

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