World Without Tears Chords by Lucinda Williams

_ [Bb] _ _ _ If we live [Eb] in a world [Bb] without tears, _ how a bruise is fine.
_ [Cm] [Eb] Face to eye upon this [Bb] corresponding skin,
_ [Cm] etch [Eb] themselves into [Bb] _
[Eb] flower broken, [Bb] blind to bone.
_ If we live [Eb] in a world without [C] [Bb] tears, how would heartbeats know
when [Cm] [Eb] to stop?
How [Bb] it would know _ [Cm] which body [Eb] to pull outside of.
_ [Bb]
How [Eb] would bullets [Bb] find an [C] arm?
[Bb] If we live in [Eb] a world without [Bb] tears, _ how would misery know
which [Cm] back [Eb] door to walk through?
[Bb] How would trouble know which [Cm] mind to live [Eb] inside of?
_ [Bb]
How [Eb] would sorrow [Bb] find a home? _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
If [Eb] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ we live [Eb] in a world [Bb] without tears, how a bruise is fine.
_ [Cm] Face to eye [Eb] upon [Bb] how this corresponding skin
_ [Cm] etch themselves [Eb] into _ [Bb]
flower [Eb] broken, [Bb] blind to bone.
_ If we live [Eb] in a [Bb] world without tears, _ how a bruise is fine.
[Cm] Face [Eb] to eye upon [Bb] how this corresponding skin
[Cm] etch [Eb] themselves into _ [Bb] _
[Eb] flower broken, [Bb] blind to bone. _ _
Flower [Eb] broken, [Bb] blind to bone. _ _
Flower [Eb] broken, [Bb] blind to bone. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _