1. [Ab] It won't be easy, you'll think it [C#] strange
when I try to explain how I [Eb] feel
that I [Eb7] still need your love after [Ab] all that I've done.
You [Cm] won't [Fm] believe me
All you will [Fm7] see is a [Bb] girl you once knew
al-[Ab] though she's dressed up to the [Eb] nines
at [Bb] sixes and sevens with [Eb] you
2. I [Ab] had to let it happen, I had [C#] to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at [Eb] heel
Looking out of the window, staying [Ab] out of the sun
So [Cm] I chose [Fm] freedom
Running a-[Fm7] round trying [Bb] everything new
But [Ab] nothing impressed me at [Eb] all.
I [Bb] never expected it [Eb] to.
Chorus: [Ab] Don't cry for me, Argentina the truth is, I never left you
All through my [Eb] wild days, my mad exis-[Fm] tence
I kept my [Cm] promise. Don't keep your [C#] distance
[Ab] And as for fortune, and as [C#] for fame
I never invited them [Eb] in
though it seemed to the world they were [Ab] all I desired
They [Cm] are il-[Fm] lusions
They're [Ab] not the solutions they [C#] promised to be
The [Ab] answer was here all the [Eb] time
I [Bb] love you, and hope you love [Eb] me
Don't [Ab] cry for me, Argentina . . . .
Chorus: [Ab] Don't cry for me, Argentina the truth is, I never left you
All through my [Eb] wild days, my mad exis-[Fm] tence
I kept my [Cm] promise. Don't keep your [C#] distance
[Fm] Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to [Cm] say to you
[Fm] But all you have to do is look at me to know that every [Eb] word is [Ab] true