True Companion
Recorded by Marc Cohn
Album: Mark Cohn (1991)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(C) / / / |(G/B) /(G)  / | x 9

(Verse 1)
(C)Baby I've been (G)searching like ev-(D)erybody else (G)
(C)Can't say nothing different about myself
(C)Sometimes I'm an (G)angel, And some-(D)times I'm (G)cruel
And (C)when it comes to (G)love, I'm just an-(D)other fool (G)
Yes, I'll (D)climb a (G)mountain, (C) (G) I'm gonna swim (D) the sea (G)
(C) (G) There ain't no (D)act of (G)God, girl 
(C) (G) Could keep you (D)safe (G)from me
(C) (G) My arms are (Em)reaching out, out across (G) this canyon
(C) I'm ask-(G)ing you to be my (D)true compan-(G)ion
(C ) (G) True (D) compan-(G)ion, (C) (G) (D)True compan-(G)ion

(Solo)
|(C) / (G)  / |(D) /(G)  / |(C) /(G)  / |(D) /(C)  / |
 
(Verse 2)
(C) So don't (G)you dare and try to (D)walk away (G)
(C) I've got (G)my heart set on our (D)wedding day (C)(D)
(C) I've got (G)this vision of a girl (D) in (G)white
Made (C) my de-(G)cision that it's (D)you all (G) right
And when I (D)take your (G)hand
(C) (G) I'll watch my (D)heart set (G) sail
(C) (G) I'll take my (D)trembling (G)fingers
(C) (G) And I'll lift (D)up your (G) veil
(C) (G) Then I'll take (Em) you home (Am) (G)
And with wild (G) abandon
(C) Make love (G)to you just like a (D)true compan-(G)ion,
(C) (G) You are my (D)true compan-(G)ion
(C) (G) I got a true (D) compan-(G)ion
(C) (G) Oh, (D)true compan-(G)ion

(Break)
(C)Oh, (G) oh, (D)oh, (G) oh, (C)oh, (G) oh, (D)oh, (C) oh
(C)Oh, (G) oh, (D)oh, (G) oh, (C)oh, (G) oh, (D)oh, (C) oh - - -

(Verse 3)
When the (C)years have (G)done ir-(D)reparable (C)harm
(C) I can see us (G)walking slowly (D)arm in arm (C)
(C) Just like (G)that couple on the (D)corner (G)do
'Cause (C)girl I (G)will always be (D)in love (G)with you.
(C) (G) And when I (D)look in your (G)eyes 
(C) (G) I'll still (D)see that (G) spark
(C) (G) Until the (D)shadows (G) fall
(C) (G) Until the (D)room grows (G) dark
(C) (G) Then when I (Em)leave this Earth
(Em) I'll be with the (G)angels standin'
(C) I'll be out (G)there waiting for my (D)true compan-(G)ion
(C) (G) Just for my (D)true compan-(G)ion
(C) (G) (D)True compan-(G)ion
(C) (G) True (D) compan-(G)ion - - - - -