| C | G7 |
| G7 | C | C7 | F |
| You give your | hand to me and then you say | hello and I can | hardly speak |
| F#dim | |
| My heart is | beating so |
| C | A7 | Dm | |
| And | anyone could tell | you think you | know me well |
| G7 | C | Dm | G7 |
| but you don’t | know me |
| G7 | C |
| No you | don’t know the one who dreams of you at night |
| C7 | F | F#dim | |
| And | longs to | kiss your lips and longs to | hold you tight |
| C | A7 | Dm | |
| I’m | just a friend | that’s all I’ve | ever been |
| G7 | C | C7 |
| But you don’t | know me |
| F | Cdim | Cmaj7 | |
| For | I never | knew the | art of making love |
| Dm | G7 | C | |
| Though my | heart aches with | love for | you |
| Am | Em |
| Afraid and shy I | let my chance go by |
| D7 | G7 |
| The chance that you might love me | too |
| SOLO |
| F | Cdim | Cmaj7 | |
| For | I never | knew the | art of making love |
| Dm | G7 | C | |
| Though my | heart aches with | love for | you |
| Am | Em |
| Afraid and shy I | let my chance go by |
| D7 | G7 |
| The chance that you might love me | too |
| C | |
| You give your | hand to me and then you say goodbye |
| C7 | F | F#dim | |
| I | watch you | walk away and in my | heart I cry |
| C | A7 | Dm | G7 | C | |
| To never | never know | the one who | loves you so | cause you don’t | know me |
| Emmylou Harris "Cowgirl’s Prayer" |
| Asylum Records 1993 |
| Unichappell Music Inc(BMI) |