Intro
| Em Em/D | Em/C Em/B | B/A B/G | B/F# B |
| Em Em/D | Em/C Em/B | B/A B/G | B/F# B |
[Verse]
Em Em/D
Ev'rything's happening
Em/C Em/B B/A B/G B/F# B
At the turn of the century
Em Em/D Em/C
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
Em/B D D/E D/F#
Go to the turn of the century
[Bridge]
D G Em
And all those people passing by
F D
And the town crier makes his cry
[Chorus]
G Em
At the turn of the century,
G Em
Turn of the century
[Verse]
Em Em/D
Big wide hats and men in spats
Em/C Em/B B/A B/G B/F# B
At the turn of the century
Em Em/D Em/C
With those horseless carriages
Em/B D D/E D/F#
At the turn of the century
[Bridge]
D G Em
And there are lots of things to do
F D
On a bicycle built for two
[Chorus]
G Em
At the turn of the century,
G Em
Turn of the century
[Link]
| F | E | A | F#m | Bm | C# | B | C# | C# |
[Verse]
F#m F#m/E
Ev'rything's happening
F#m/D F#m/C# C#/B C#/A C#/G# C#
At the turn of the century
F#m F#m/E F#m/D
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
F#m/C# E E/F# E/G#
Go to the turn of the century
[Bridge]
E A F#m
And all those people passing by
G E
And the town crier makes his cry
[Chorus]
A F#m
At the turn of the century,
A F#m
Turn of the century
A D
Turn of the century
[Coda]
| G | F# | B | G#m | C#m | D# | G#
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2. Holiday – Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
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[Intro]
| A | E | Em |
[Verse]
Em | Em Em/D |
Ooh, you're a holiday
C Em
Such a holiday
Em | Em Em/D |
Ooh, you're a holiday
C Em D
Such a holiday
[Chorus 1]
G D
It's something I think's worthwhile
Em Bm
If the puppet makes you smile
C G
If not, then you're throwing stones
D D7 G
Throwing stones, throwing stones
[Verse 2]
Em | Em Em/D |
Ooh, it's a funny game
Em/D C Em
Don't be - lieve that it's all the same
Em | Em Em/D |
Can't think what I've just said
[ Em/D ] C Em D
Put a soft pillow on my head
[Chorus 2]
G D
Millions of eyes can see
Em Bm
Yet why am I so blind
C G
When the someone else is me
D G
It's unkind, it's unkind
[Verse 3]
Em
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Em Em/D C Em
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
Em
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Em Em/D C Em
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
[Chorus 2]
G D
Yet millions of eyes can see
Em Bm
Yet why am I so blind
C G
When the someone else is me
D G
It's unkind, it's unkind
[Verse 3]
Em Em/D C
Ooh, you're a holiday, ev’ry day
Em
Such a holiday
Em
Now it's my turn to say,
Em/D C Em D
And I say you're a holiday
[Chorus 1]
G D
It's something I think's worthwhile
Em Bm
If the puppet makes you smile
C G
If not, then you're throwing stones
D G
Throwing stones, throwing stones
[Coda]
Em
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Em Em/D C Em
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
Em
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Em Em/D C
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]
D Em
Red chair fade away
D
Bring back memories
C
Think of something nice
Em
Fragrant lemon trees
[Bridge]
F C G C
I can feel the speaking sky
F
I don't want to know
A
It's filling up the air
[Verse]
D Em
Grandpa's fairy tale
D
Red chair round the fire
C
Rainbows all the time
Em
We're all going higher
[Bridge]
F C G C
I can feel the speaking sky
F
I don't want to know
A
It's filling up the air
[Chorus]
C
Red chair fade away
C
Red chair fade away
C
Red chair fade away
C
Red chair fade away
[Verse]
D Em
Red chair fade away
D
Bring back memories
C
Think of something nice
Em
Fragrant lemon trees
[Bridge]
F C G C
I can feel the speaking sky
F
I don't want to know
A
It's filling up the air
[Outro]
D
Red chair fade away
D
Red chair fade away
D
Red chair fade away
(Red chair fade away)
D
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
D/C# 2-x-0-0-3-3
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[Intro]
| E | C B | E | C B |
[Verse]
E A D
One minute woman, please,
E
I'd go down on my knees
F#m C#m
To say to you with a word so true
D
"I love you."
[Verse]
E A D
I fail to understand
E
Why you don't want my hand
F#m C#m
I try to find what's on your mind
D
I wonder
[Middle 8]
G C
Why don't you stop and see
G A
Why you're not loving me
D D/C# Bm
Would it hurt to say "Hello"
C
Or don't you know?
[Verse]
E A D
One minute woman, please,
E
I'd go down on my knees
F#m C#m
To say to you with a word so true
D
"I love you."
[Middle 8]
G C
Why don't you stop and see
G A
Why you're not loving me
D D/C# Bm
Would it hurt to say "Hello"
C
Or don't you know?
[Verse] + coda
E A D
One minute woman, please,
E
I'd go down on my knees
F#m C#m
To say to you with a word so true
D
"I love you."
D
"I love you."
D C
"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
E7 5-7-7-6-8-5
D7 3-5-5-4-6-3
D 3-5-5-4-3-3
D6 3-5-x-4-5-3
A x-5-7-7-7-5
E 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]
| E7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
E7
I received an invitation
E7
"Come to the United Nations"
D7 [ D D6 D ]
That was when I was somebody (piano lick)
3/4
A E
In my own time
(break)
[Verse]
E7
Sitting selling hot cross buns
E7
Thousand suckers everyone
D7 [ D D6 D ]
Sounds like a nursery rhyme (piano lick)
3/4
A E
In my own time
(break)
[Solo]
| E7 | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | % | % |
| D7 | % | % | D D6 D |
[3/4]
| A | % | E |
[Verse] + coda
E7
Even when the lights go out
E7
Still got things to think about
D7 [ D D6 D ]
Memories I can't call mine (piano lick)
3/4
A E
In my own time
(break)
3/4
A E
In my own time
(break)
A Asus4 E
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
E x-0-2-2-2-5
D5 3-x-0-0-3-3
A x-x-0-2-3-2
A5 x-x-0-2-3-5
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[Monk Chant] 1
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
Oh solo Dominique
G
Oh solo Dominique
Em
Oh solo Dominique
[Verse]
E
Take this in hand
E
Said he who stands
D
Behind the chair
A
E broken table there
[Chorus]
E A5 E
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
E A5 E
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
[Monk Chant] 2
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
(tacet)
[Verse]
E
Don't walk so tall
E
Before you crawl
D
For every child
A
Is thinking of something wild
[Chorus]
E A5 E
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
E A5 E
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
[Monk Chant] 3
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
Oh solo Dominique
G
Oh solo Dominique
Em
(tacet)
[Chorus]
E A5 E
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
E A5 E
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you (will show you)
[Monk Chant] 4
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
Oh solo Dominique
Em
(tacet)
| Em | D | Em |
(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
E x-0-2-2-2-x D 3-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
E/D# 4-x-2-2-2-x D/C# 2-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
E/D 3-x-2-2-2-x D/C 1-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
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[Intro]
| E E/D# | E/D | A B | E B |
[Verse]
E E/D# C#m
He smiled and rubbed the stubble on his chin
E E/D#
He sure showed signs of weariness
C#m G#m
And dreariness of life that's growing thin
A B E B
Yet he didn't have so very far to go
A B E B
With a pencil in his hand he will travel on as planned
A B E B
Where the mist up in the mountains threw a light [?]
[Chorus]
E E/D# E/D A B E B
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
E E/D# E/D A
Oh they don't know where he is
B E B E B
Very very nice, very very nice
[Verse] variation
E E/D# E/D
Even in the morning when he slept
A B E B
Something good is missing
E E/D# E/D
There's nothing very much to talk about
A B E B
And nothing very much to see
[Chorus]
E E/D# E/D A B E B
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
E E/D# E/D A
Oh they don't know where he is
B E B E (break)
Very very nice, very very nice
[Verse]
E E/D# C#m
Talks about the place he'd like to go
E E/D#
And you never see the worrying
C#m G#m
And hurrying and that makes a person slow
A B E B
Yet you wouldn't think he'd be so hard to find
A B E B
Yet he looks so very busy but there's nothing on his mind
A B E B
And his wavy hair continues not to grow
[Chorus]
E E/D# E/D A B E B
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
E E/D# E/D A
Oh they don't know where he is
B E B E (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. E
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 Arop-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
Em x-x-x-2-1-0
Em/D x-x-x-0-1-0
Cmaj7 x-x-3-2-1-0
Em/B x-x-2-x-1-0
Em/A x-x-0-5-5-5
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[Intro]
| Em | % |
[Verse]
Em
In the event of something happening to me,
Em A
There is something I would like you all to see
D | Em A |
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
[Chorus]
D G D
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
G C
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
C Bsus4 B Em | Em |
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide, Mr. Jones
[Verse]
Em
I keep straining my ears to hear a sound.
Em A
Maybe someone is digging underground,
D Em
Or have they given up and all gone home to bed
A | D C |
thinking those who once existed must be dead?
[Chorus]
D G D
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
G C
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
C Bsus4 B Em | Em |
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide, Mr. Jones
[Verse]
Em
In the event of something happening to me,
A
There is something I would like you all to see
D | Em A |
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
[Chorus]
D G D
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
G C
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
C Bsus4 B
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide
[Coda]
Em * Em7 Cmaj7 Em/B Em/A
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]
Dm C
Here were the trees, see the grass, a Pinkerton spy.
Cm F A
Said "This is the place I will try," and he did.
Dm C
Stood in the dark ,sat a man who beckoned him in,
Cm F A
But leaving his grass was a sin, but he did.
[Chorus]
D G D
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
F A Dm
He saw the light in the cellar reflect in his eyes,
F C7 D
Yet early that morning was he to receive a surprise.
D G D
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
D G D
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
[Verse]
Dm C
Said 'Are you leaving or are you receiving my friend,
Cm F A
Doest need any money till then" and he did .
Dm C
He said "I'm the owner,not you, and this is my stead,
Cm F A
So give it to me now I'm dead, and he did , said:
[Chorus]
D G D
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
D G D
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: D
Key: E
For chords in original key transpose +2
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[Intro]
| D C | G D | D | % |
[Verse 1]
D
There’s a light
Em
E certain kind of light
G D
That never shone on me
C D
I want my life to be
A
Lived with you
G
Lived with you
[Verse 2]
D
There’s a way
Em
Everybody say
G D
To do each and every little thing
C D
But what does it bring
A
If I ain’t got you,
G
Ain’t got ...
[Chorus]
D A
Baby you don’t know what it's like
G D
Baby you don’t know what it's like
A A A
To love somebody
G G G
To love somebody
D
The way I love you.
[Interlude]
| D C | G D | D | % |
[Verse 3]
D
In my brain
Em
I see your face again
G D
I know my frame of mind
C D
You ain’t got to be so blind
A
And I’m blind
G
So, so so blind
[Verse 4]
D
I’m a man,
Em
Can’t you see what I am?
G D
I live and breathe for you
C D
But what good does it do
A
If I ain’t got you
G
Ain’t got ...
[Chorus]
D A
Baby you don’t know what it's like
G D
Baby you don’t know what it's like
A A A
To love somebody
G G G
To love somebody
D A [ D ]
The way I love you ... Oh, no, no-o-o
[Chorus]
D A
You don’t know what it's like
G D
Baby you don’t know what it's like
A A A
To love somebody
G G G
To love somebody
D
The way I love you
A [ D ]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
[Chorus]
D A
You don’t know what it's like
G D
Baby you don’t know what it's like
A A A
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
G5 x-3-5-x-x-x
F/G 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
G5 G5
Can't you see I'm not the guy
G5 G5
That I pretend to be [drum link]
[Chorus]
C A
Though I know I will be lonely
Em F
But our love will never die
G C C7
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes
[Interlude]
G5
Ah ...
[Verse]
G5 G5
The more I try the more I fail,
G5 G5
I'd like to run away
G5 G5
But if I try you pass me by,
G5 G5
I know that I can't stay [drum link]
[Chorus]
C A
Though I know I will be lonely
Em F
But our love will never die
G C7
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes.
[Interlude]
G5
Ah......
G5
Ah......
[Chorus]
C A
Though I know I will be lonely
Em F
But our love will never die
G C7 | A |
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes
[Outro]
A A | C | % |
I close my eyes, I close my eyes, I close my eyes
| G | % | F/G | % | G |% | F/G | % |
(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
Bm/A x-x-0-0-0-0
Bm/G# x-4-2-0-0-0
Bm/F# x-2-x-0-0-0
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[Intro]
| Bm | Bm/A | Bm/G# | Bm/F# |
[Verse 1]
Bm A
I walk the lonely streets
E B
I watch the people passing by
Bm A
I used to smile and say hello
E B
Yes, I was just a happy guy
[Verse 2]
Bm A
Then you happened, girl
E B
This feeling that possesses me
Bm A
I just can't move myself
E B
I guess it all just had to be
[Chorus]
E A B
I can't see nobody
E A B
No, I can't see nobody
E A B E
My eyes can only look at you
B
You
[Verse 3]
Bm A
I used to have a brain
E B
I used to think of many things
Bm A
I watched the falling rain
E B
And listened to the sweet bird sing
[Verse 4]
Bm A
Don't ask me why, little girl
E B
I love you and that's all I can say
Bm A
You're every, every breath that I take
E B
You are my nights, my night and day
[Chorus]
E A B
I can't see nobody
E A B
No, I can't see nobody
E A B E
My eyes can only look at you
B
You
[Verse 5]
Bm A
Every single word you hear, girl
E B
Is coming from this heart of mine
Bm A
I've never felt like this before
E B
E love like yours, so young and fine
[Verse 6]
Bm A
And now as I try to forget you
E B
It doesn't work out anyway
Bm A
I loved you such a long time ago
E B
Though in my eyes you'll always stay
[Verse 7]
Bm A
Every single word you hear
E B
Is coming from this heart of mine
Bm A
I loved you such a long time ago
E B
Don't know why, girl I don't know why
B B B
(Baby, such a long time, baby, such a long time, baby, such a long time)
[Chorus]
E A B
I can't see nobody
E A B
No, I can't see nobody
E A B E
My eyes can only look at you
[Chorus] + coda
E A B
I can't see nobody
E A B
No, I can't see nobody
E A B E
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
Asus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
E/F# x-2-2-2-2-x
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[Intro]
| B | Asus2 | B | % |
[Verse 1]
B C#m
Many years ago I was a simple man
E B
E simple man, no worries me
C#m7 D#m7 F#
I never li---------ied
B E B D#m E E/F#
Please read me
[Verse 2]
B C#m
Not much conversation ever came from me,
E B
I never saw reality;
C#m7 D#m7 F#
I never tri---------ied
B E B D#m E E/F#
Please read me
[Instrumental Verse] (Beach Boys style)
| B | C#m | E | B |
| C#m | D#m F# |
| B E | B D#m | E E/F# |
[Verse 3]
B C#m
Maybe I've been lying on your couch too long
E B
I'll stay if you can see me through
C#m7 D#m7 F#
Explain wh----------y
[Outro]
B E B D#m E E/F#
Please read me
B E B D#m E E/F#
Please read me
B E B D#m E E/F#
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]
D G
Close another door
D G A
Listen to my eyes
D G
Close another door
D G
You're much too old to work
A A
So won't you run away? (break)
[Verse]
D
When I was young, I used to say
G A
That age won't bother me
D
The life I had was very sad
G A
It all went out to sea
Em A A
It's so sad, so sad (break)
[Chorus]
D G
Close another door
D G A
Listen to my eyes
D G
Close another door
D G
You're much too old to work
A(sus4) D
So won't you run away? (break)
[Verse]
D
Though the sun is in outside
G A
The rain is in my hair
D
Now all my life is lived inside
G A
My home is in my chair
Em A A
It's so sad, so sad (break)
[Chorus]
D G
Close another door
D G A
Listen to my eyes
D G
Close another door
D G
You're much too old to work
A A
So won't you run away? (break)
[Outro]
D D7
Let me go
G C7
Send me flowers and put me on a plane
D A
I may be old but I've been told
G A
At least I'm still alive
D D7
Fly me up
G C7
Fly me up and send me home
D A
I've been working so, so very hard and
G A
Being loved [?] but now I'm tired
| D | D7 | G | C7 | D | A | G | A |
(vocals ad lib, repeat and fade)