Bonnie Raitt My Opening Farewell written by Jackson Browne Freebo Bass, Jeff Labes Keyboards Will McFarlane Guitar Bill Payne Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Fred Tackett Guitar Dennis Whitted Drums Bb C/Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb C/BbEb/Bb Baby stands before that open window looking so far away Bb C/Bb Eb/Bb Bb He can almost feel the southern winds blow Eb/Bb Bb Eb Bb Gently touching his restless day Fsus F7 Eb Bb He turns from his window to me Eb Dm F7sus Eb Sad smile his apology sad eyes reaching to the door BCEBC/Bbb Eb/Bb Daylight loses to another evening and still he spares me the word goodbye Bb C/Bb Eb/Bb Bb He sits alone beside me fighting his feelings Eb/Bb Bb Eb/BbBb Struggles to speak but in the end can only cry Fsus F7 Eb Bb Suddenly it's so hard to find Eb Dm F7sus The sound of the words to speak his troubled mind Eb Dm Fsus So I'm offering these to him as if to be kind Bb Eb F Bb There's a train every day leaving either way C/Bb EbBbb C There's a world you know there's a way to go and Eb F7 Gm Eb Bb You'll soon be gone it's just as well this is my opening farewell BCEBC/Bbb Eb/Bb A child's drawings left on the table and a woman's silk lying on the floor Bb C/Bb Eb Bb I would keep them here if I were able Eb/Bb Bb Eb/BbBb To lock you safe behind this open door F7sus Eb Bb But suddenly it's so clear to me Eb Dm F7sus That I asked you to see what you may never see Eb Dm F7sus And now my kind words find their way back to me Bb Eb F Bb There's a train every day leaving either way C/Bb EbBbb C There's a world you know got a way to go and Eb F7 Gm Eb Bb You'll soon be gone it's just as well this is my opening farewell From Bonnie Raitt "Sweet Forgiveness" Warner Brothers 1977 Atlantic Music Corp/Open Window Music 1970