I Must Have Been Blind
(Tim Buckley)

TIM BUCKLEY
From Blue Afternoon, 1969

(capo at first fret)

Verse 1:

E     Emaj7        D   Dmaj7
Here I am believin' words again
E     Emaj7        D    Dmaj7
Here I am tryin' to find your love again
E     Emaj7    D  Dmaj7
Here I am down on my knees again
E      Emaj7        D   Dmaj7
Prayin' for a love that we used to know 

Pre-chorus and chorus:

E Emaj7        D Dmaj7         E Emaj7
   Both of us know how hard it is 
   D Dmaj7       
To love and let it go
E Emaj7        D Dmaj7         E Emaj7
   Both of us know how hard it is 
       D Dmaj7
To go on living that way
G          A                   E Emaj7
When so few understand what it means
D Dma7
To fall in love
G         A                 E Emaj7
And so few know how hard it is 
D Dmaj7             E Emaj7
To live without it
D        A              E
Lord, I must have been blind
D     A              E
Oh, I must have been blind
D       A              E
Lord, I must have been blind 

E Emaj7 D Dmaj7

Verse 2:

Ah, to hold something real
And not believe it
To live in her life
And never trust it
To give all you know and never feel it
And hold back each day
Until it dies away 

(pre-chorus and chorus:)

Both of us know how hard it is 
To love and let it go
And both of us know how hard it is 
To go on living that way
And so few understand what it means to fall in love
And so few know how hard it is to live without it
Lord, I must have been blind
Lord, I must have been blind
Lord, I must have been blind 
Yes, I must have been blind