Intro
A A/G# F#m7 A/E D Dadd#11 G E Esus4
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Bm7 E E7 A A/G# F#m A/E
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Bm7 E A#dim F#m
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[Verse 1]
A A/G# F#m7 A/E D Dadd#11 G
You------, can I make it known,
E Esus4 A A/G#
I'd like to take you home,
F#m7 A/E D Dadd#11 G E Esus4
You been a - way so long, I'd like to see you
[Verse 2]
Bm7 E E7/G#
But when I saw you at the local hop,
A A/G# F#m F#m/E
I tried to take you, but you made me stop,
Bm7 E E7/G#
Then I saw that you were dancing with a rent - a - cop,
A#dim
Woh - oh...
[Verse 3]
F#m A#+ F#m7/E
...Hoh, ...the minute you pulled me through,
G#m7b5 Gmaj7
You thought that then you knew,
E Esus4 Gadd9 Csus2#11 Csus2 E Esus4
If not today, I'd find ...a ...way, to get to you
[Break]
A A/G# F#m7 A/E D Dadd#11 G E Esus4
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Bm7 Bm7 E7 E7 Bm7 Bm7 E7
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[Verse 4]
F#m
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F#m F#m7 C#m7
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F#m F#m7 C#m7
Just a little of nothing,
F#m F#m7 C#m7
That's all you had the time to give,
F#m F#m7 C#m7
Just a little of nothing...
C#m C# F#m
Ain't gonna make it worthwhile for me-----------------------!
(Make it worthwhile for me!)
F#m F#m7 C#m7 F#m F#m7 C#m7
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[Verse 5]
F#m F#m7 C#m7
If you'd only have listened,
F#m F#m7 C#m7
You'd have heard every word I said,
F#m F#m7 C#m7
Just a little of nothing...
C#m C# F#m
Ain't gonna make it worthwhile for me-----------------------!
(Make it worthwhile for me!)
[Verse 6]
F#m F#m7 C#m7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da,
F#m F#m7 C#m7 Cm7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da, da, da,
Bm7 C#m7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, d' da, da,
Bm7 C#m7
Da, da - da, da, da-da, da-da, da...
[Break]
...da---!
F#m A E Dmaj7 A E
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F#m A E Dmaj7 A E
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[Verse 6]
F#m A E Dmaj7
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
A E F#m
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
A E Dmaj7
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
A E F#m
Just a little of nothing, (Just a little of nothing!)
[Break]
A E Dmaj7 A E F#m
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F#m Dmaj7 E Esus4 E A
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Em Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D G
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Em Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D G G/F#
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[Verse 7]
Em Em/B
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Amadd9 D6 Cmaj7
Newton-under-Roseberry Topping, and it's cold, and it's wet,
Cmaj7 D6 Amadd9
And you feel like you're part of all time,
Amadd9 D6
Living in the gap ...between the ech - oes,
Cmaj7 D6 Amadd9
Feeling it hot, and feeling it cold--------------!
[Verse 8]
Amadd9 D6 Cmaj7
As long as there are fish in the sea, have a cup of tea,
D6 Amadd9 D6 Cmaj7
Oh, as long as there are fish in the sea, have a cup of tea
D6 Amadd9
||: 'Cause you are running from the ring of the golden bell,
D6 Cmaj7
Like a bat out of hell! :|| [x4]
[Verse 10]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
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Em Em/B G
There's a lady a - cross the hall,
G/D D D/A D D/A D#dim
She's telling me it's al - right, (Al - right--------!)
Em Em/B G G/D D
I'm trying to give her my all, she's saying I'm uptight,
D D7/C B Em Em/D C
Hell of a way to spend an after - noon
[Verse 11]
D Em Em/B G
Saw a movie to - night,
G/D D D/A D D/A D#dim
Got frightened, and broke down, (Broke down--------!)
Em Em/B G G/D D
Got a call in the night, my old lady just hit town,
D D7/C B Em Em/D C
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]
D Dmaj7 Em7 A
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D Dmaj7 Em7 A
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D Dmaj7 Em7 A
I can't un - read the pages I've already read,
D Dmaj7 Em7
And I can't feed these ages left in my head,
F# Bm Bm+5 Em6 Em+5
They're al - ready dead, yeh! | / / / / |
[Coda]
Bm Bm+5 Bm6 Em+5 Em
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