Lagu tersebut dirilis melalui album Blackbird di bawah Universal Records.
Lirik lagu ini mendeskripsikan rasa frustrasi ketika ingin menolong seseorang yang tak ingin diberikan pertolongan.
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Watch Over You" dari Alter Bridge berikut ini.
[Intro]
G C Cadd9
[Verse 1]
G C Cadd9
Leaves are on the ground
G C Cadd9
Fall has come
G C Cadd9
Blue skies turning grey
G C Cadd9
Like my love
G C Cadd9
I try to carry you
G C Cadd9
And make you whole
G C G
But it was never enough
G G/F#
I must go
[Chorus]
Em7 D C G G/F#
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone
Em7 D C
And who’ll watch over you
G
When I’m gone?
[Instrumental]
C Cadd9 G C Cadd9
[Verse 2]
G C Cadd9
You say you care for me
G C Cadd9
But hide it well
G C G G/F#
How can you love someone not yourself?
[Chorus]
Em7 D C G G/F#
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone
Em7 D C
And who’ll watch over you
when I'm gone
[Instrumental]
G C Cadd9 G C Cadd9
[Bridge]
Em7 Cadd9 G
And when I’m gone who will break your fall
Dsus4
Who'll you blame?
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4
I can’t go on let you loose it all Its more then I can take
Em C
Who’ll ease your pain
G
Ease your pain?
[Chorus]
Em7 D C G G/F#
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone
Em7 D C G G/F#
And who’ll watch over you
Em7 D C G G/F#
And who will give you strength when you’re not strong
Em D C
Who’ll watch over you when I’m gone away
[Outro]
G C Cadd9
Snow is on the ground
G C Cadd9
Winter’s come
G C Cadd9
You long to hear my voice
G G G G
But I’m long gone
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