C F
It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
*** C
when I try to explain how I feel
***7 C
that I still need your love after all that I've done.
C Am Am7 D
You won't believe me, all you will see is a girl you once knew
D9 G
although she's dressed up to the nines
D G G7
at sixes and sevens with you.

I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom, running around trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all.
I never expected it to.

C F C
Don't cry for me, Argentina
F C F C
The truth is, I never left you
***7 Am
All through my wild days, my mad existence
C F
I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance.

And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
though it seemed to the world they were all I desired.
They are illusions, they're not the solutions they promised to be
The answer was here all the time:
I love you, and hope you love me.
C Am *** G
Don't cry for me, Argentina . . . .

hums a chorus

Don't cry for me, Argentina
the truth is, I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance.

Am
Have I said too much?
Am G
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you.
Am
But all you have to do is look at me to know
G Am7 C
that every word is true.