Intro
C# C#/C A#m7 C#/G# F# F#add#11 G G# G#sus4
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D#m7 G# G#7 C# C#/C A#m C#/G#
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D#m7 G# A#dim A#m
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[Verse 1]
C# C#/C A#m7 C#/G# F# F#add#11 G
You------, can I make it known,
G# G#sus4 C# C#/C
I'd like to take you home,
A#m7 C#/G# F# F#add#11 G G# G#sus4
You been a - way so long, I'd like to see you
[Verse 2]
D#m7 G# G#7/C
But when I saw you at the local hop,
C# C#/C A#m A#m/G#
I tried to take you, but you made me stop,
D#m7 G# G#7/C
Then I saw that you were dancing with a rent - a - cop,
A#dim
Woh - oh...
[Verse 3]
A#m A#+ A#m7/G#
...Hoh, ...the minute you pulled me through,
G#m7b5 Gmaj7
You thought that then you knew,
G# G#sus4 Badd9 Csus2#11 Csus2 G# G#sus4
If not today, I'd find ...a ...way, to get to you
[Break]
C# C#/C A#m7 C#/G# F# F#add#11 G G# G#sus4
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D#m7 D#m7 G#7 G#7 D#m7 D#m7 G#7
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[Verse 4]
A#m
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A#m A#m7 Fm7
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A#m A#m7 Fm7
Just a little of nothing,
A#m A#m7 Fm7
That's all you had the time to give,
A#m A#m7 Fm7
Just a little of nothing...
Fm F A#m
Ain't gonna make it worthwhile for me-----------------------!
(Make it worthwhile for me!)
A#m A#m7 Fm7 A#m A#m7 Fm7
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[Verse 5]
A#m A#m7 Fm7
If you'd only have listened,
A#m A#m7 Fm7
You'd have heard every word I said,
A#m A#m7 Fm7
Just a little of nothing...
Fm F A#m
Ain't gonna make it worthwhile for me-----------------------!
(Make it worthwhile for me!)
[Verse 6]
A#m A#m7 Fm7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da,
A#m A#m7 Fm7 Em7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da, da, da,
D#m7 Fm7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da,
D#m7 Fm7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, da-da, da...
[Break]
...da---!
A#m C# G# F#maj7 C# G#
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A#m C# G# F#maj7 C# G#
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[Verse 6]
A#m C# G# F#maj7
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
C# G# A#m
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
C# G# F#maj7
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
C# G# A#m
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
[Break]
C# G# F#maj7 C# G# A#m
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A#m F#maj7 G# G#sus4 G# C#
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G#m Emaj7 F# F#sus4 F# B
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G#m Emaj7 F# F#sus4 F# B B/A#
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[Verse 7]
G#m G#m/D#
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Amadd9 F#6 Emaj7
Newton-under-Roseberry Topping, and it's cold, and it's wet,
Emaj7 F#6 Amadd9
And you feel like you're part of all time,
Amadd9 F#6
Living in the gap ...between the ech - oes,
Emaj7 F#6 Amadd9
Feeling it hot, and feeling it cold--------------!
[Verse 8]
Amadd9 F#6 Emaj7
As long as there are fish in the sea, have a cup of tea,
F#6 Amadd9 F#6 Emaj7
Oh, as long as there are fish in the sea, have a cup of tea
F#6 Amadd9
||: 'Cause you are running from the ring of the golden bell,
F#6 Emaj7
Like a bat out of hell! :|| [x4]
[Verse 10]
G#m G#m/D# G#m G#m/D#
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G#m G#m/D# B
There's a lady a - cross the hall,
B/F# F# F#/C# F# F#/C# D#dim
She's telling me it's al - right, (Al - right--------!)
G#m G#m/D# B B/F# F#
I'm trying to give her my all, she's saying I'm uptight,
F# F#7/E D# G#m G#m/F# E
Hell of a way to spend an after - noon
[Verse 11]
F# G#m G#m/D# B
Saw a movie to - night,
B/F# F# F#/C# F# F#/C# D#dim
Got frightened, and broke down, (Broke down--------!)
G#m G#m/D# B B/F# F#
Got a call in the night, my old lady just hit town,
F# F#7/E D# G#m G#m/F# E
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]
F# F#maj7 G#m7 C#
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F# F#maj7 G#m7 C#
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F# F#maj7 G#m7 C#
I can't un - read the pages I've already read,
F# F#maj7 G#m7
And I can't feed these ages left in my head,
A# D#m D#m+5 Em6 Em+5
They're al - ready dead, yeh! | / / / / |
[Coda]
D#m D#m+5 D#m6 Em+5 Em
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