[Verse 1]
C                                    Dm
  Watching the wings cut through the clouds
Am                                F
  Watching the raindrops blinking red and white
C                             Dm
  Thinking of you back on the ground
             Am           G       F
There with a fire burning in your eyes
       Am      G    F
I only halfway apologized
[Chorus]
            C
And I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
          Am
Sometimes things refuse
                 F
To go the way we planned
            C
Oh I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
                Am
There will be a day
                   F
That you will understand
              C      Dm  Am  F
You will understand
[Verse 2]
C                          Dm
  After a while you may forget
Am                              F
  But just in case the memories cross your mind
C                               Dm
  You couldn't know this when I left
          Am           G     F
Under the fire of your angry eyes
        Am        G       F
I never wanted to say goodbye
[Chorus]
            C
And I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
          Am
Sometimes things refuse
                 F
To go the way we planned
           C
Oh I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
                Am
There will be a day
                   F
That you will understand
              C
You will understand
[Bridge]
    C
Yeah, stop telling 'em to pump the bass up
Dm
Tried to call home but nobody could wait up
Am
Switch your time zones can't pick the pace up
  F
I just passed out by the time you wake up
C
  Best things come to those who wait
         Dm
And it's bound to get rough on any road you take
              Am
But don't you ever have a doubt and make no mistake
        F
I can't wait to come back when I'm going away
[Outro]
           C
So I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
          Am
There are things we have to do
              F
that we can't stand
           C
Oh I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
           Am
There will be a day that
              F
you will understand
           C
So I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
          Am
There are things we have to do
              F
that we can't stand
           C
Oh I'll be sorry for now
       Dm
That I couldn't be around
           Am
There will be a day that
              F
you will understand
              C       Dm
You will understand
              Am      F
You will understand
              C