Tuning: E A D G B E

When There’s No One Around Tim O’Brien From: We're Usually A Lot Better Than This [I play this on Mandolin. The G C and D chords are open, first position, chords.] [Intro] G C D G Em Bm C Bm D G [Verse 1]

^GThis is the song that no^Cbody kno^Gws ^GI couldn't begin to desc^Dribe how it g^Goes But i^Emt makes me cry or laugh right out l^Bmoud The song^C that I^Bm sing when there's no^D one ar^Gound

[Verse 2]

^GNow this is the man that^C nobody ^Gsees H^Ge wears my old clothes, and he ^Dlooks just like ^Gme If he le^Emarned how to fly, he'd never touch ^Bmdown The ^Cman that I^Bm am when there's no^D one ar^Gound

[Chorus]

It's f^Four in the mornin', and I'm ^Emlyin' in bed With^Eb a tape of my failures pl^Gayin' inside my head The h^Fard knocks and heartaches,^Em things I don't know I l^Ebisten and wonder wh^Dere will it go

[Verse 3]

^GThis is a glimpse of the c^Child wit^Ghin' ^GHe's so immature but he's st^Dill my best fr^Giend J^Emust one of the boys who gets lost in the c^Bmrowd That’s th^Ce kid that I^Bm am when there's n^Do one ar^Gound

[Instrumental Break] G C D G Em Bm C Bm D G [Verse 4]

^GThis is the dance that I d^Co every day^G ^GI just let my soul lead, and^D it takes me ^Gaway and it lea^Emds my steps to higher gro^Bmund It’s the^C dance I ^Bmdo when there's n^Do one aro^Gund

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]

^GThis is the song that no^Cbody kno^Gws ^GI couldn't begin to desc^Dribe how it goes^G But i^Emt makes me cry or laugh right out lo^Bmud The song^C that I ^Bmsing when there's no^D one aro^Emund

Yeah,

The d^Cance I ^Bmdo I fo^Dllow the s^Gound The o^Cne deep in^Bmside al^Done in the c^Growd It’s the s^Cong that I s^Bming when there's n^Do one ar^Gound

C G D G [They transition to "I Saw the Light" here}

Tim O'Brien - When theres no one around