Intro
E E/D# C#m7 E/B A Aadd#11 G B Bsus4
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F#m7 B B7 E E/D# C#m E/B
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F#m7 B A#dim C#m
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[Verse 1]
E E/D# C#m7 E/B A Aadd#11 G
You------, can I make it known,
B Bsus4 E E/D#
I'd like to take you home,
C#m7 E/B A Aadd#11 G B Bsus4
You been a - way so long, I'd like to see you
[Verse 2]
F#m7 B B7/D#
But when I saw you at the local hop,
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I tried to take you, but you made me stop,
F#m7 B B7/D#
Then I saw that you were dancing with a rent - a - cop,
A#dim
Woh - oh...
[Verse 3]
C#m A#+ C#m7/B
...Hoh, ...the minute you pulled me through,
G#m7b5 Gmaj7
You thought that then you knew,
B Bsus4 Dadd9 Csus2#11 Csus2 B Bsus4
If not today, I'd find ...a ...way, to get to you
[Break]
E E/D# C#m7 E/B A Aadd#11 G B Bsus4
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F#m7 F#m7 B7 B7 F#m7 F#m7 B7
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[Verse 4]
C#m
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C#m C#m7 G#m7
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C#m C#m7 G#m7
Just a little of nothing,
C#m C#m7 G#m7
That's all you had the time to give,
C#m C#m7 G#m7
Just a little of nothing...
G#m G# C#m
Ain't gonna make it worthwhile for me-----------------------!
(Make it worthwhile for me!)
C#m C#m7 G#m7 C#m C#m7 G#m7
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[Verse 5]
C#m C#m7 G#m7
If you'd only have listened,
C#m C#m7 G#m7
You'd have heard every word I said,
C#m C#m7 G#m7
Just a little of nothing...
G#m G# C#m
Ain't gonna make it worthwhile for me-----------------------!
(Make it worthwhile for me!)
[Verse 6]
C#m C#m7 G#m7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da,
C#m C#m7 G#m7 Gm7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da, da, da,
F#m7 G#m7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da,
F#m7 G#m7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, da-da, da...
[Break]
...da---!
C#m E B Amaj7 E B
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C#m E B Amaj7 E B
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[Verse 6]
C#m E B Amaj7
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
E B C#m
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
E B Amaj7
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
E B C#m
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
[Break]
E B Amaj7 E B C#m
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C#m Amaj7 B Bsus4 B E
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Bm Gmaj7 A Asus4 A D
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Bm Gmaj7 A Asus4 A D D/C#
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[Verse 7]
Bm Bm/F#
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Amadd9 A6 Gmaj7
Newton-under-Roseberry Topping, and it's cold, and it's wet,
Gmaj7 A6 Amadd9
And you feel like you're part of all time,
Amadd9 A6
Living in the gap ...between the ech - oes,
Gmaj7 A6 Amadd9
Feeling it hot, and feeling it cold--------------!
[Verse 8]
Amadd9 A6 Gmaj7
As long as there are fish in the sea, have a cup of tea,
A6 Amadd9 A6 Gmaj7
Oh, as long as there are fish in the sea, have a cup of tea
A6 Amadd9
||: 'Cause you are running from the ring of the golden bell,
A6 Gmaj7
Like a bat out of hell! :|| [x4]
[Verse 10]
Bm Bm/F# Bm Bm/F#
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Bm Bm/F# D
There's a lady a - cross the hall,
D/A A A/E A A/E D#dim
She's telling me it's al - right, (Al - right--------!)
Bm Bm/F# D D/A A
I'm trying to give her my all, she's saying I'm uptight,
A A7/G F# Bm Bm/A G
Hell of a way to spend an after - noon
[Verse 11]
A Bm Bm/F# D
Saw a movie to - night,
D/A A A/E A A/E D#dim
Got frightened, and broke down, (Broke down--------!)
Bm Bm/F# D D/A A
Got a call in the night, my old lady just hit town,
A A7/G F# Bm Bm/A G
Take her away, she's trying to turn me a - round,
E Am Am/G F#m7b5 Fmaj7
I'm nowhere to be found--------------------,
Am Am/G F#m7b5 Fmaj7
Ah-------------------------!
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[Verse 12]
A Amaj7 Bm7 E
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A Amaj7 Bm7 E
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A Amaj7 Bm7 E
I can't un - read the pages I've already read,
A Amaj7 Bm7
And I can't feed these ages left in my head,
C# F#m F#m+5 Em6 Em+5
They're al - ready dead, yeh! | / / / / |
[Coda]
F#m F#m+5 F#m6 Em+5 Em
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