Chords for Keith Whitley-Complete Last Appearance on "Opry Live"-1989

_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Thank you all very much.
It's great to be back at [D] the Grand Ole Opry.
Always one of our favorite places to come and work.
As [D] Bill told you, we had the good fortune to have the [C#] number one country song of the [D] year for 1988 [N] in Billboard and R&R magazine, and we're real proud of that.
We want to sing it for you folks right now.
It's called Don't Close [D] Your Eyes.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I know you [C] loved him a [D] _
_ long [G] time ago, _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
and even now [Am] in my heart, _ _ [D] _
you still want [G] him, I know. _ _ _
_ Darling [C] this time, _ _ [D] _
you'll be [G] holding [F#m] tight when [Em] _
you hold [Am] me too tight.
_ [D] _
_ Don't [G] close your [C] eyes, _ [G] _
_ don't close [C] your eyes, let it [D] be me.
[G] Don't pretend it's him, [D] it's some [Em] fantasy.
_ [Am] Darling just once, let yesterday [D]
go.
You'll find [G] more love [Bm] than you've [Em] ever known.
Just hold me [C] tight when you love me [D] too tight.
Don't close [C] your [G] eyes.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Maybe I've [C] been a fool, _ _ _ [D] _
holding on [G] all this time.
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _
I hear [Am] your voice, _ [D] _
knowing deep [G] in your heart, _ that I keep hoping [C] someday, _ _ [D] _
_ you'll [G] see the [D] light.
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] Don't close your [C] eyes, [G] _
_ don't [C] close your eyes, let [D] it be me.
Don't [G] pretend it's him, [F#m] it's some [Em] fantasy.
_ Darling [Am] just once, [Am] let [D] yesterday go.
You'll find [G] more love [Bm] than you've [Em] ever known.
Just [Am] hold me tight when you love me [D] too tight.
Don't close [C] _ _ [G] _ [G] your _ _ _ [C] eyes.
Maybe [D] _
_ I've been [G] _ [F#m] a [Em] fool, holding [Am] on all this time.
I hear your voice, knowing deep in your heart, that I keep hoping someday, [D] _
you'll _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] see the light.
Just hold [Am] me tight when you love me [D] too tight.
And don't close your [G] eyes. _ _ _
Just hold [Am] me tight when you love me [D] too tight.
And don't close your eyes.
Thank _ _ you.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, we appreciate [F#] that.
_ [G] Thank you so [D] much.
We'd like to do a song that's [A] also on our Don't Close Your Eyes album.
This is a song that we haven't had out as a single yet, but it is going to be a single for us a little later on in the year, hopefully sometime March or April.
Most people who know me know that I grew up as a huge Lefty Prezell fan, and this is a song that Lefty wrote and [B] recorded back in the late 60s or early [C] 70s, and it's probably my favorite country song.
So we want to sing it for you folks [D] tonight.
It's called I Never Go [D] Around Mirrors.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't stand to see a good man go [A] to waste.
_ _ _ _ When [E] he comes his hair shakes [B] his face.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] A man who leans over, _ _ over love that's cold.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Oh, it ties me up [B] to see you grow [E] men.
_ _ So _ _ _ I _ never go [E] _ [A] around mirrors.
_ I _ _ [E] can't stand to see you _ _ without you by my [B] side.
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ No, [E] I _ never go _ [A] around mirrors.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Because I _ [B] got a heart to [E] _
give. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ I can't _ stand to be _ _ heartaches. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
It's [E] so hard to get [B] people _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
to [E] see.
_ Oh, man, come on.
[E] It's more than I [A] can say. _
_ _ _ I can't let you take [B] any of my pain.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ So [E] I _ never go around [A] mirrors.
I _ _ _ [E] can't stand to see you _ without you by my side.
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] No, [E] I _ _ never go [A] around mirrors.
_ _ _ Oh, [E]
I _ [B] got a heart to [E]
give.
_ _ _ _ _ And it ties me [B] up to see you grow [E] men.
_ _ _ _ _ Thank you very much for listening.