Standard Tuning, Capo 3rd fret Intro: D, Em. C, G, D, Em, C, C, D, Em, C, G, Am, C, Am, C, G C Am C G C Am C The second hand counts out my thoughts of you, and every heartbeat says your name, G C Am C But you don't know me and the way I feel, D C D C But still the truth remains, my blood runs through your veins. D Em C G How can I hold you close when you're so far away? D Em C How long will we still be apart? D Em C G How will you ever hear these words I want to say? Am C Am How will you ever know my heart? C G How will you ever know my heart? G C Am C G C Am C I'm writing letters to you every day, then I mail them to myself, C C Am C And here, inside a box, they wait for you, D C D C and every day is postmarked, I've held you here in my heart. D Em C G How can I hold you close when you're so far away? D Em C How long will we still be apart? D Em C G How will you ever hear these words I want to say? Am C Am How will you ever know my heart? C G How will you ever know my heart? AFGFGF How will you know my...know my he------------art. he------------art. D, Em. C, G, D, Em, C, C, D, Em, C, G, Am, C, Am, C, GCACGCAC Down in the ashes of mistakes and dreams, I see the outline of a he--------art, G C Am C Well, I've gone wrong, but still I know sometimes D C D C God serves the best wine up right from a paper cup. D Em C G How can I hold you close when you're so far away? D Em C How long will we still be apart? D Em C G How will you ever hear these words I want to say? Am C Am Someday you're gonna know my heart, C Am Someday you're gonna know my heart, F G Someday you'll know my he-----art CACGCCm