Unconditional
by Willy Porter

Submitted by Steve Bower, interpreted from High Wire Live CD

Capo I (first fret)

G/F# is G with an F# on the low E string (walk down G to Em)
C/B is C with a B on the A string (walk down C to Am)
D/G is D with the G string open (strummed in quick succession with D)


Intro (2 times)
G        |G        |G      |G   D
C        |C        |C      |C   D

          G            C     D              G   G/F#
There's a woman with a baby sitting next to me
     Em                 C                 G
As we ride the crooked train into New York City
    D                       G       C
She holds that child on her bended knee
         Am                      D
Whispers something only he could hear
         G             C            D              G   G/F#
She says I will always love you no matter what may come
  Em            C                            G
I carried you inside myself the two of us are one
   D                           G              C
No matter how you fall down or how it comes undone
    Am                    D
To me you will always be shining
        C              C/B        Am
And he stares into her brown eyes  above
              D/G  D          C          G   (repeat Intro)
Into the face         of unconditional love

G         C     D            G   G/F#
  I see a man layin' in the street
          Em    C                      G
Left his motorcycle at a high rate of speed
       D              G     C
In his eyes there's a vacancy
         Am                    D
But he seems, he seems to be smiling

     G             C        D             G   G/F#
Ah maybe he was a muslim a christian or a jew
    Em             C                              G
I hope that he was laughing when off that bike he flew
         D                    G                C
Maybe he struggled to believe just like me and you
       Am                       D
As the ambulance is too late arriving
        C          C/B     Am
And he stares at the sky above
              D/G  D           C        G      (repeat Intro)
Into the face         of unconditional love       (unconditional love)

Instumental verse

G                C            D               G    G/F#
Sometimes I'm impossible sometimes I rage and roar
Em                C                                   G
Sometimes all the dreams are spent, strewn across the floor
       D                   G       C
And I see myself reflected in your eyes
        Am                     D
All the tragedy, the hope and fear

   Em             C              Em                 C
So in my hour of dying   when the light is clear and clean
      Em                  C                   Em            C
If it helps read from the bible don't hook me up to those machines
     C          C/B       Am
Just stay by my side as I slide
         D
Into some peace

            C             C/B            Am
And give me strength over what I'm afraid of
              D/G  D           C          G   (instrumental finish)
Into the face         of unconditional love       (unconditional love)