Intro
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G Bm/F# | F#/E F#/D | F#/C# F# |
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G Bm/F# | F#/E F#/D | F#/C# F# |
[Verse]
Bm Bm/A
Ev'rything's happening
Bm/G Bm/F# F#/E F#/D F#/C# F#
At the turn of the century
Bm Bm/A Bm/G
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
Bm/F# A A/B A/C#
Go to the turn of the century
[Bridge]
A D Bm
And all those people passing by
C A
And the town crier makes his cry
[Chorus]
D Bm
At the turn of the century,
D Bm
Turn of the century
[Verse]
Bm Bm/A
Big wide hats and men in spats
Bm/G Bm/F# F#/E F#/D F#/C# F#
At the turn of the century
Bm Bm/A Bm/G
With those horseless carriages
Bm/F# A A/B A/C#
At the turn of the century
[Bridge]
A D Bm
And there are lots of things to do
C A
On a bicycle built for two
[Chorus]
D Bm
At the turn of the century,
D Bm
Turn of the century
[Link]
| C | B | E | C#m | F#m | G# | F# | G# | G# |
[Verse]
C#m C#m/B
Ev'rything's happening
C#m/A C#m/G# G#/F# G#/E G#/D# G#
At the turn of the century
C#m C#m/B C#m/A
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
C#m/G# B B/C# B/D#
Go to the turn of the century
[Bridge]
B E C#m
And all those people passing by
D B
And the town crier makes his cry
[Chorus]
E C#m
At the turn of the century,
E C#m
Turn of the century
E A
Turn of the century
[Coda]
| D | C# | F# | D#m | G#m | A# | D#
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2. Holiday – Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
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[Intro]
| E | B | Bm |
[Verse]
Bm | Bm Bm/A |
Ooh, you're a holiday
G Bm
Such a holiday
Bm | Bm Bm/A |
Ooh, you're a holiday
G Bm A
Such a holiday
[Chorus 1]
D A
It's something I think's worthwhile
Bm F#m
If the puppet makes you smile
G D
If not, then you're throwing stones
A A7 D
Throwing stones, throwing stones
[Verse 2]
Bm | Bm Bm/A |
Ooh, it's a funny game
Bm/A G Bm
Don't be - lieve that it's all the same
Bm | Bm Bm/A |
Can't think what I've just said
[ Bm/A ] G Bm A
Put a soft pillow on my head
[Chorus 2]
D A
Millions of eyes can see
Bm F#m
Yet why am I so blind
G D
When the someone else is me
A D
It's unkind, it's unkind
[Verse 3]
Bm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Bm Bm/A G Bm
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
Bm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Bm Bm/A G Bm
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
[Chorus 2]
D A
Yet millions of eyes can see
Bm F#m
Yet why am I so blind
G D
When the someone else is me
A D
It's unkind, it's unkind
[Verse 3]
Bm Bm/A G
Ooh, you're a holiday, ev’ry day
Bm
Such a holiday
Bm
Now it's my turn to say,
Bm/A G Bm A
And I say you're a holiday
[Chorus 1]
D A
It's something I think's worthwhile
Bm F#m
If the puppet makes you smile
G D
If not, then you're throwing stones
A D
Throwing stones, throwing stones
[Coda]
Bm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Bm Bm/A G Bm
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
Bm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Bm Bm/A G
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee
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3. Red Chair Fade Away - Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
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[Verse]
A Bm
Red chair fade away
A
Bring back memories
G
Think of something nice
Bm
Fragrant lemon trees
[Bridge]
C G D G
I can feel the speaking sky
C
I don't want to know
E
It's filling up the air
[Verse]
A Bm
Grandpa's fairy tale
A
Red chair round the fire
G
Rainbows all the time
Bm
We're all going higher
[Bridge]
C G D G
I can feel the speaking sky
C
I don't want to know
E
It's filling up the air
[Chorus]
G
Red chair fade away
G
Red chair fade away
G
Red chair fade away
G
Red chair fade away
[Verse]
A Bm
Red chair fade away
A
Bring back memories
G
Think of something nice
Bm
Fragrant lemon trees
[Bridge]
C G D G
I can feel the speaking sky
C
I don't want to know
E
It's filling up the air
[Outro]
A
Red chair fade away
A
Red chair fade away
A
Red chair fade away
(Red chair fade away)
A
Red chair fade away
(Red chair fade away)
(repeat and fade)
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4. One Minute Woman - Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
SPECIAL CHORDS/VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/G# 2-x-0-0-3-3
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[Intro]
| B | G F# | B | G F# |
[Verse]
B E A
One minute woman, please,
B
I'd go down on my knees
C#m G#m
To say to you with a word so true
A
"I love you."
[Verse]
B E A
I fail to understand
B
Why you don't want my hand
C#m G#m
I try to find what's on your mind
A
I wonder
[Middle 8]
D G
Why don't you stop and see
D E
Why you're not loving me
A A/G# F#m
Would it hurt to say "Hello"
G
Or don't you know?
[Verse]
B E A
One minute woman, please,
B
I'd go down on my knees
C#m G#m
To say to you with a word so true
A
"I love you."
[Middle 8]
D G
Why don't you stop and see
D E
Why you're not loving me
A A/G# F#m
Would it hurt to say "Hello"
G
Or don't you know?
[Verse] + coda
B E A
One minute woman, please,
B
I'd go down on my knees
C#m G#m
To say to you with a word so true
A
"I love you."
A
"I love you."
A G
"I love you."
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5. In My Own Time - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B7 5-7-7-6-8-5
A7 3-5-5-4-6-3
A 3-5-5-4-3-3
A6 3-5-x-4-5-3
E x-5-7-7-7-5
B 5-7-7-6-5-5
4/4 time, except the last bar of every turnaround
is cut by one quarter note ([3/4] A)
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[Intro]
| B7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
B7
I received an invitation
B7
"Come to the United Nations"
A7 [ A A6 A ]
That was when I was somebody (piano lick)
3/4
E B
In my own time
(break)
[Verse]
B7
Sitting selling hot cross buns
B7
Thousand suckers everyone
A7 [ A A6 A ]
Sounds like a nursery rhyme (piano lick)
3/4
E B
In my own time
(break)
[Solo]
| B7 | % | % | % |
| B7 | % | % | % |
| A7 | % | % | A A6 A |
[3/4]
| E | % | B |
[Verse] + coda
B7
Even when the lights go out
B7
Still got things to think about
A7 [ A A6 A ]
Memories I can't call mine (piano lick)
3/4
E B
In my own time
(break)
3/4
E B
In my own time
(break)
E Esus4 B
My-yi own time
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6. Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B x-0-2-2-2-5
A5 3-x-0-0-3-3
E x-x-0-2-3-2
E5 x-x-0-2-3-5
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[Monk Chant] 1
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
D
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
[Verse]
B
Take this in hand
B
Said he who stands
A
Behind the chair
E
B broken table there
[Chorus]
B E5 B
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
B E5 B
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
[Monk Chant] 2
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
(tacet)
[Verse]
B
Don't walk so tall
B
Before you crawl
A
For every child
E
Is thinking of something wild
[Chorus]
B E5 B
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
B E5 B
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
[Monk Chant] 3
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
D
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
(tacet)
[Chorus]
B E5 B
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
B E5 B
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you (will show you)
[Monk Chant] 4
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
Oh solo Dominique
Bm
(tacet)
| Bm | A | Bm |
(tacet) [DRUM OUTRO and FADE]
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7. Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
For easier chord shapes transpose -2 and use a capo 2nd fret to match
the original key.
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SPECIAL CHORDS and VOICINGS
transpose -2
E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e
B x-0-2-2-2-x A 3-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
B/A# 4-x-2-2-2-x A/G# 2-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
B/A 3-x-2-2-2-x A/G 1-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
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[Intro]
| B B/A# | B/A | E F# | B F# |
[Verse]
B B/A# G#m
He smiled and rubbed the stubble on his chin
B B/A#
He sure showed signs of weariness
G#m D#m
And dreariness of life that's growing thin
E F# B F#
Yet he didn't have so very far to go
E F# B F#
With a pencil in his hand he will travel on as planned
E F# B F#
Where the mist up in the mountains threw a light [?]
[Chorus]
B B/A# B/A E F# B F#
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
B B/A# B/A E
Oh they don't know where he is
F# B F# B F#
Very very nice, very very nice
[Verse] variation
B B/A# B/A
Even in the morning when he slept
E F# B F#
Something good is missing
B B/A# B/A
There's nothing very much to talk about
E F# B F#
And nothing very much to see
[Chorus]
B B/A# B/A E F# B F#
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
B B/A# B/A E
Oh they don't know where he is
F# B F# B (break)
Very very nice, very very nice
[Verse]
B B/A# G#m
Talks about the place he'd like to go
B B/A#
And you never see the worrying
G#m D#m
And hurrying and that makes a person slow
E F# B F#
Yet you wouldn't think he'd be so hard to find
E F# B F#
Yet he looks so very busy but there's nothing on his mind
E F# B F#
And his wavy hair continues not to grow
[Chorus]
B B/A# B/A E F# B F#
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
B B/A# B/A E
Oh they don't know where he is
F# B F# B (break)
Very very nice, very very nice
[Coda]
N.C.
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
N.C.
Oh they don't know where he is
N.C. B
Very very nice, very very nice
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8. New York Mining Disaster 1941 – Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
The original is played using Erop-D tuning. Here's a version in standard
tuning featuring the downward string melody in the coda.
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Coda chords
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm x-x-x-2-1-0
Bm/A x-x-x-0-1-0
Gmaj7 x-x-3-2-1-0
Bm/F# x-x-2-x-1-0
Bm/E x-x-0-5-5-5
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[Intro]
| Bm | % |
[Verse]
Bm
In the event of something happening to me,
Bm E
There is something I would like you all to see
A | Bm E |
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
[Chorus]
A D A
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
D G
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
G F#sus4 F# Bm | Bm |
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide, Mr. Jones
[Verse]
Bm
I keep straining my ears to hear a sound.
Bm E
Maybe someone is digging underground,
A Bm
Or have they given up and all gone home to bed
E | A G |
thinking those who once existed must be dead?
[Chorus]
A D A
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
D G
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
G F#sus4 F# Bm | Bm |
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide, Mr. Jones
[Verse]
Bm
In the event of something happening to me,
E
There is something I would like you all to see
A | Bm E |
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
[Chorus]
A D A
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
D G
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
G F#sus4 F#
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide
[Coda]
Bm * Bm7 Gmaj7 Bm/F# Bm/E
Mr. Jo- o-o-o- o- o-o-on[es]
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9. Cucumber Castle - Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
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[Verse]
Am G
Here were the trees, see the grass, a Pinkerton spy.
Gm C E
Said "This is the place I will try," and he did.
Am G
Stood in the dark ,sat a man who beckoned him in,
Gm C E
But leaving his grass was a sin, but he did.
[Chorus]
A D A
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
C E Am
He saw the light in the cellar reflect in his eyes,
C G7 A
Yet early that morning was he to receive a surprise.
A D A
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
A D A
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
[Verse]
Am G
Said 'Are you leaving or are you receiving my friend,
Gm C E
Doest need any money till then" and he did .
Am G
He said "I'm the owner,not you, and this is my stead,
Gm C E
So give it to me now I'm dead, and he did , said:
[Chorus]
A D A
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
A D A
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
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10. To Love Somebody - Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
Capo: 2nd fret
Play: A
Key: B
For chords in original key transpose +2
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[Intro]
| A G | D A | A | % |
[Verse 1]
A
There’s a light
Bm
B certain kind of light
D A
That never shone on me
G A
I want my life to be
E
Lived with you
D
Lived with you
[Verse 2]
A
There’s a way
Bm
Everybody say
D A
To do each and every little thing
G A
But what does it bring
E
If I ain’t got you,
D
Ain’t got ...
[Chorus]
A E
Baby you don’t know what it's like
D A
Baby you don’t know what it's like
E E E
To love somebody
D D D
To love somebody
A
The way I love you.
[Interlude]
| A G | D A | A | % |
[Verse 3]
A
In my brain
Bm
I see your face again
D A
I know my frame of mind
G A
You ain’t got to be so blind
E
And I’m blind
D
So, so so blind
[Verse 4]
A
I’m a man,
Bm
Can’t you see what I am?
D A
I live and breathe for you
G A
But what good does it do
E
If I ain’t got you
D
Ain’t got ...
[Chorus]
A E
Baby you don’t know what it's like
D A
Baby you don’t know what it's like
E E E
To love somebody
D D D
To love somebody
A E [ A ]
The way I love you ... Oh, no, no-o-o
[Chorus]
A E
You don’t know what it's like
D A
Baby you don’t know what it's like
E E E
To love somebody
D D D
To love somebody
A
The way I love you
E [ A ]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
[Chorus]
A E
You don’t know what it's like
D A
Baby you don’t know what it's like
E E E
To love somebody
(fade out over last lines)
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11. I Close My Eyes - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb
SPECIAL CHORDS and VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D5 x-3-5-x-x-x
C/D x-3-3-3-3-x or x-3-x-3-3-1
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[Verse]
(no chord)
Look at me I'm riding high
(no chord)
Don't know what's wrong with me
D5 D5
Can't you see I'm not the guy
D5 D5
That I pretend to be [drum link]
[Chorus]
G E
Though I know I will be lonely
Bm C
But our love will never die
D G G7
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes
[Interlude]
D5
Ah ...
[Verse]
D5 D5
The more I try the more I fail,
D5 D5
I'd like to run away
D5 D5
But if I try you pass me by,
D5 D5
I know that I can't stay [drum link]
[Chorus]
G E
Though I know I will be lonely
Bm C
But our love will never die
D G7
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes.
[Interlude]
D5
Ah......
D5
Ah......
[Chorus]
G E
Though I know I will be lonely
Bm C
But our love will never die
D G7 | E |
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes
[Outro]
E E | G | % |
I close my eyes, I close my eyes, I close my eyes
| D | % | C/D | % | D |% | C/D | % |
(flute)
(repeat and fade)
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12. I Can't See Nobody - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb
SPECIAL CHORDS and VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#m/E x-x-0-0-0-0
F#m/D# x-4-2-0-0-0
F#m/C# x-2-x-0-0-0
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[Intro]
| F#m | F#m/E | F#m/D# | F#m/C# |
[Verse 1]
F#m E
I walk the lonely streets
B F#
I watch the people passing by
F#m E
I used to smile and say hello
B F#
Yes, I was just a happy guy
[Verse 2]
F#m E
Then you happened, girl
B F#
This feeling that possesses me
F#m E
I just can't move myself
B F#
I guess it all just had to be
[Chorus]
B E F#
I can't see nobody
B E F#
No, I can't see nobody
B E F# B
My eyes can only look at you
F#
You
[Verse 3]
F#m E
I used to have a brain
B F#
I used to think of many things
F#m E
I watched the falling rain
B F#
And listened to the sweet bird sing
[Verse 4]
F#m E
Don't ask me why, little girl
B F#
I love you and that's all I can say
F#m E
You're every, every breath that I take
B F#
You are my nights, my night and day
[Chorus]
B E F#
I can't see nobody
B E F#
No, I can't see nobody
B E F# B
My eyes can only look at you
F#
You
[Verse 5]
F#m E
Every single word you hear, girl
B F#
Is coming from this heart of mine
F#m E
I've never felt like this before
B F#
B love like yours, so young and fine
[Verse 6]
F#m E
And now as I try to forget you
B F#
It doesn't work out anyway
F#m E
I loved you such a long time ago
B F#
Though in my eyes you'll always stay
[Verse 7]
F#m E
Every single word you hear
B F#
Is coming from this heart of mine
F#m E
I loved you such a long time ago
B F#
Don't know why, girl I don't know why
F# F# F#
(Baby, such a long time, baby, such a long time, baby, such a long time)
[Chorus]
B E F#
I can't see nobody
B E F#
No, I can't see nobody
B E F# B
My eyes can only look at you
[Chorus] + coda
B E F#
I can't see nobody
B E F#
No, I can't see nobody
B E F# B
My eyes can only look at you
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13. Please Read Me - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Esus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
B/C# x-2-2-2-2-x
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[Intro]
| F# | Esus2 | F# | % |
[Verse 1]
F# G#m
Many years ago I was a simple man
B F#
B simple man, no worries me
G#m7 A#m7 C#
I never li---------ied
F# B F# A#m B B/C#
Please read me
[Verse 2]
F# G#m
Not much conversation ever came from me,
B F#
I never saw reality;
G#m7 A#m7 C#
I never tri---------ied
F# B F# A#m B B/C#
Please read me
[Instrumental Verse] (Beach Boys style)
| F# | G#m | B | F# |
| G#m | A#m C# |
| F# B | F# A#m | B B/C# |
[Verse 3]
F# G#m
Maybe I've been lying on your couch too long
B F#
I'll stay if you can see me through
G#m7 A#m7 C#
Explain wh----------y
[Outro]
F# B F# A#m B B/C#
Please read me
F# B F# A#m B B/C#
Please read me
F# B F# A#m B B/C#
Please read me
[repeat and fade]
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14. Close Another Door - The Bee Gees
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Written by: Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb
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[Verse]
(tacet)
Many years have passed, it seems
(tacet)
And I am all alone
(tacet)
I've sent the children far away
(tacet)
To some obscure unknown
(tacet)
It's so sad, so sad
[Chorus]
A D
Close another door
A D E
Listen to my eyes
A D
Close another door
A D
You're much too old to work
E E
So won't you run away? (break)
[Verse]
A
When I was young, I used to say
D E
That age won't bother me
A
The life I had was very sad
D E
It all went out to sea
Bm E E
It's so sad, so sad (break)
[Chorus]
A D
Close another door
A D E
Listen to my eyes
A D
Close another door
A D
You're much too old to work
E(sus4) D
So won't you run away? (break)
[Verse]
A
Though the sun is in outside
D E
The rain is in my hair
A
Now all my life is lived inside
D E
My home is in my chair
Bm E E
It's so sad, so sad (break)
[Chorus]
A D
Close another door
A D E
Listen to my eyes
A D
Close another door
A D
You're much too old to work
E E
So won't you run away? (break)
[Outro]
A A7
Let me go
D G7
Send me flowers and put me on a plane
A E
I may be old but I've been told
D E
At least I'm still alive
A A7
Fly me up
D G7
Fly me up and send me home
A E
I've been working so, so very hard and
D E
Being loved [?] but now I'm tired
| A | A7 | D | G7 | A | E | D | E |
(vocals ad lib, repeat and fade)