Notes from Erik Strom:
These are not the official lyrics or chords, I haven't found those, but I've tried to transcribe the lyrics from what I hear.The chords I've written here are fairly simple, but I'll bet there are supposed to be a few 11's and +13's in there, too. If you've got a better suggestion, let me know.
F
F
If a feeling's born and no one complains
Well that's good luck
running through young veins
And if life is a blessing
that brushes the tops of the trees
Well it's a short walk
in a sweet breeze
F7
I will need you, feed you, seed you, plead with you
F
All for the taste of your sweet love Thelma
If a heart is an open memory book
That was the chance I took
The more I searched, the more shook with Thelma
Dm C
Last night I slept on a rented pillow
Dm C Dm
A silver moon above my head
C
A thirsty dreamless sleep released me
Bb
And I reached for the phone
C F
by the side of the bed
Now the first time that I saw you I thought
"She's beautiful, but she's too young to be caught"
People aware of my history
Trying to steer you away from me
I left a message at your hotel
Don't let management poison the well
F7
I will need you, feed you, seed you, plead with you
F
All for the taste of your sweet love Thelma
Dm C
The phone is ringing and I realize
Dm C Dm
we are timezones and oceans apart
C
The words I speak in the middle of my night
Bb C F
They fall on your yesterday scars
If the sun don't shine, the wind don't break
the clock don't jump off the wall
Thelma, my darling, I will cushion your fall
F7
I will need you, feed you, seed you, plead with you
F
Without the taste of your sweet love Thelma
I am only a man who has skirted the edge of despair
for a long time now, and I don't care
Dm C
I watch you sleeping a the hospital bed
Dm C Dm
The baby curled up in a ball
C
Winter sunlight hits the family tree
Bb C F
And everything else becomes nothing at all
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