Intro
| Dm Dm/C | Dm/A# Dm/A | A/G A/F | A/E A |
| Dm Dm/C | Dm/A# Dm/A | A/G A/F | A/E A |
[Verse]
Dm Dm/C
Ev'rything's happening
Dm/A# Dm/A A/G A/F A/E A
At the turn of the century
Dm Dm/C Dm/A#
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
Dm/A C C/D C/E
Go to the turn of the century
[Bridge]
C F Dm
And all those people passing by
Eb C
And the town crier makes his cry
[Chorus]
F Dm
At the turn of the century,
F Dm
Turn of the century
[Verse]
Dm Dm/C
Big wide hats and men in spats
Dm/A# Dm/A A/G A/F A/E A
At the turn of the century
Dm Dm/C Dm/A#
With those horseless carriages
Dm/A C C/D C/E
At the turn of the century
[Bridge]
C F Dm
And there are lots of things to do
Eb C
On a bicycle built for two
[Chorus]
F Dm
At the turn of the century,
F Dm
Turn of the century
[Link]
| Eb | D | G | Em | Am | B | A | B | 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
G C
Turn of the century
[Coda]
| F | E | A | F#m | Bm | C# | F#
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2. Holiday – Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
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[Intro]
| G | D | Dm |
[Verse]
Dm | Dm Dm/C |
Ooh, you're a holiday
A# Dm
Such a holiday
Dm | Dm Dm/C |
Ooh, you're a holiday
A# Dm C
Such a holiday
[Chorus 1]
F C
It's something I think's worthwhile
Dm Am
If the puppet makes you smile
A# F
If not, then you're throwing stones
C C7 F
Throwing stones, throwing stones
[Verse 2]
Dm | Dm Dm/C |
Ooh, it's a funny game
Dm/C A# Dm
Don't be - lieve that it's all the same
Dm | Dm Dm/C |
Can't think what I've just said
[ Dm/C ] A# Dm C
Put a soft pillow on my head
[Chorus 2]
F C
Millions of eyes can see
Dm Am
Yet why am I so blind
A# F
When the someone else is me
C F
It's unkind, it's unkind
[Verse 3]
Dm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dm Dm/C A# Dm
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
Dm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dm Dm/C A# Dm
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
[Chorus 2]
F C
Yet millions of eyes can see
Dm Am
Yet why am I so blind
A# F
When the someone else is me
C F
It's unkind, it's unkind
[Verse 3]
Dm Dm/C A#
Ooh, you're a holiday, ev’ry day
Dm
Such a holiday
Dm
Now it's my turn to say,
Dm/C A# Dm C
And I say you're a holiday
[Chorus 1]
F C
It's something I think's worthwhile
Dm Am
If the puppet makes you smile
A# F
If not, then you're throwing stones
C F
Throwing stones, throwing stones
[Coda]
Dm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dm Dm/C A# Dm
Dee-dee-dee- dee-dee, dee-dee
Dm
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dm Dm/C A#
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]
C Dm
Red chair fade away
C
Bring back memories
A#
Think of something nice
Dm
Fragrant lemon trees
[Bridge]
Eb A# F A#
I can feel the speaking sky
Eb
I don't want to know
G
It's filling up the air
[Verse]
C Dm
Grandpa's fairy tale
C
Red chair round the fire
A#
Rainbows all the time
Dm
We're all going higher
[Bridge]
Eb A# F A#
I can feel the speaking sky
Eb
I don't want to know
G
It's filling up the air
[Chorus]
A#
Red chair fade away
A#
Red chair fade away
A#
Red chair fade away
A#
Red chair fade away
[Verse]
C Dm
Red chair fade away
C
Bring back memories
A#
Think of something nice
Dm
Fragrant lemon trees
[Bridge]
Eb A# F A#
I can feel the speaking sky
Eb
I don't want to know
G
It's filling up the air
[Outro]
C
Red chair fade away
C
Red chair fade away
C
Red chair fade away
(Red chair fade away)
C
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
C/B 2-x-0-0-3-3
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[Intro]
| D | A# A | D | A# A |
[Verse]
D G C
One minute woman, please,
D
I'd go down on my knees
Em Bm
To say to you with a word so true
C
"I love you."
[Verse]
D G C
I fail to understand
D
Why you don't want my hand
Em Bm
I try to find what's on your mind
C
I wonder
[Middle 8]
F A#
Why don't you stop and see
F G
Why you're not loving me
C C/B Am
Would it hurt to say "Hello"
A#
Or don't you know?
[Verse]
D G C
One minute woman, please,
D
I'd go down on my knees
Em Bm
To say to you with a word so true
C
"I love you."
[Middle 8]
F A#
Why don't you stop and see
F G
Why you're not loving me
C C/B Am
Would it hurt to say "Hello"
A#
Or don't you know?
[Verse] + coda
D G C
One minute woman, please,
D
I'd go down on my knees
Em Bm
To say to you with a word so true
C
"I love you."
C
"I love you."
C A#
"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
D7 5-7-7-6-8-5
C7 3-5-5-4-6-3
C 3-5-5-4-3-3
C6 3-5-x-4-5-3
G x-5-7-7-7-5
D 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]
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
D7
I received an invitation
D7
"Come to the United Nations"
C7 [ C C6 C ]
That was when I was somebody (piano lick)
3/4
G D
In my own time
(break)
[Verse]
D7
Sitting selling hot cross buns
D7
Thousand suckers everyone
C7 [ C C6 C ]
Sounds like a nursery rhyme (piano lick)
3/4
G D
In my own time
(break)
[Solo]
| D7 | % | % | % |
| D7 | % | % | % |
| C7 | % | % | C C6 C |
[3/4]
| G | % | D |
[Verse] + coda
D7
Even when the lights go out
D7
Still got things to think about
C7 [ C C6 C ]
Memories I can't call mine (piano lick)
3/4
G D
In my own time
(break)
3/4
G D
In my own time
(break)
G Gsus4 D
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
D x-0-2-2-2-5
C5 3-x-0-0-3-3
G x-x-0-2-3-2
G5 x-x-0-2-3-5
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[Monk Chant] 1
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
F
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
[Verse]
D
Take this in hand
D
Said he who stands
C
Behind the chair
G
D broken table there
[Chorus]
D G5 D
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
D G5 D
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
[Monk Chant] 2
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
(tacet)
[Verse]
D
Don't walk so tall
D
Before you crawl
C
For every child
G
Is thinking of something wild
[Chorus]
D G5 D
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
D G5 D
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
[Monk Chant] 3
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
F
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
(tacet)
[Chorus]
D G5 D
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
D G5 D
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you (will show you)
[Monk Chant] 4
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
Oh solo Dominique
Dm
(tacet)
| Dm | C | Dm |
(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
D x-0-2-2-2-x C 3-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
D/C# 4-x-2-2-2-x C/B 2-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
D/C 3-x-2-2-2-x C/A# 1-x-0-0-3-x (chorus)
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[Intro]
| D D/C# | D/C | G A | D A |
[Verse]
D D/C# Bm
He smiled and rubbed the stubble on his chin
D D/C#
He sure showed signs of weariness
Bm F#m
And dreariness of life that's growing thin
G A D A
Yet he didn't have so very far to go
G A D A
With a pencil in his hand he will travel on as planned
G A D A
Where the mist up in the mountains threw a light [?]
[Chorus]
D D/C# D/C G A D A
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
D D/C# D/C G
Oh they don't know where he is
A D A D A
Very very nice, very very nice
[Verse] variation
D D/C# D/C
Even in the morning when he slept
G A D A
Something good is missing
D D/C# D/C
There's nothing very much to talk about
G A D A
And nothing very much to see
[Chorus]
D D/C# D/C G A D A
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
D D/C# D/C G
Oh they don't know where he is
A D A D (break)
Very very nice, very very nice
[Verse]
D D/C# Bm
Talks about the place he'd like to go
D D/C#
And you never see the worrying
Bm F#m
And hurrying and that makes a person slow
G A D A
Yet you wouldn't think he'd be so hard to find
G A D A
Yet he looks so very busy but there's nothing on his mind
G A D A
And his wavy hair continues not to grow
[Chorus]
D D/C# D/C G A D A
Craise Finton Kirk, see him go, on his way
D D/C# D/C G
Oh they don't know where he is
A D A D (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. D
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 Grop-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
Dm x-x-x-2-1-0
Dm/C x-x-x-0-1-0
A#maj7 x-x-3-2-1-0
Dm/A x-x-2-x-1-0
Dm/G x-x-0-5-5-5
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[Intro]
| Dm | % |
[Verse]
Dm
In the event of something happening to me,
Dm G
There is something I would like you all to see
C | Dm G |
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
[Chorus]
C F C
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
F A#
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
A# Asus4 A Dm | Dm |
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide, Mr. Jones
[Verse]
Dm
I keep straining my ears to hear a sound.
Dm G
Maybe someone is digging underground,
C Dm
Or have they given up and all gone home to bed
G | C A# |
thinking those who once existed must be dead?
[Chorus]
C F C
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
F A#
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
A# Asus4 A Dm | Dm |
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide, Mr. Jones
[Verse]
Dm
In the event of something happening to me,
G
There is something I would like you all to see
C | Dm G |
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
[Chorus]
C F C
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
F A#
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
A# Asus4 A
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a land slide
[Coda]
Dm * Dm7 A#maj7 Dm/A Dm/G
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]
Cm A#
Here were the trees, see the grass, a Pinkerton spy.
A#m Eb G
Said "This is the place I will try," and he did.
Cm A#
Stood in the dark ,sat a man who beckoned him in,
A#m Eb G
But leaving his grass was a sin, but he did.
[Chorus]
C F C
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
Eb G Cm
He saw the light in the cellar reflect in his eyes,
Eb A#7 C
Yet early that morning was he to receive a surprise.
C F C
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
C F C
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
[Verse]
Cm A#
Said 'Are you leaving or are you receiving my friend,
A#m Eb G
Doest need any money till then" and he did .
Cm A#
He said "I'm the owner,not you, and this is my stead,
A#m Eb G
So give it to me now I'm dead, and he did , said:
[Chorus]
C F C
Cucumber Castle be ever so humble it's home.
C F C
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: C
Key: D
For chords in original key transpose +2
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[Intro]
| C A# | F C | C | % |
[Verse 1]
C
There’s a light
Dm
D certain kind of light
F C
That never shone on me
A# C
I want my life to be
G
Lived with you
F
Lived with you
[Verse 2]
C
There’s a way
Dm
Everybody say
F C
To do each and every little thing
A# C
But what does it bring
G
If I ain’t got you,
F
Ain’t got ...
[Chorus]
C G
Baby you don’t know what it's like
F C
Baby you don’t know what it's like
G G G
To love somebody
F F F
To love somebody
C
The way I love you.
[Interlude]
| C A# | F C | C | % |
[Verse 3]
C
In my brain
Dm
I see your face again
F C
I know my frame of mind
A# C
You ain’t got to be so blind
G
And I’m blind
F
So, so so blind
[Verse 4]
C
I’m a man,
Dm
Can’t you see what I am?
F C
I live and breathe for you
A# C
But what good does it do
G
If I ain’t got you
F
Ain’t got ...
[Chorus]
C G
Baby you don’t know what it's like
F C
Baby you don’t know what it's like
G G G
To love somebody
F F F
To love somebody
C G [ C ]
The way I love you ... Oh, no, no-o-o
[Chorus]
C G
You don’t know what it's like
F C
Baby you don’t know what it's like
G G G
To love somebody
F F F
To love somebody
C
The way I love you
G [ C ]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
[Chorus]
C G
You don’t know what it's like
F C
Baby you don’t know what it's like
G G G
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
F5 x-3-5-x-x-x
Eb/F 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
F5 F5
Can't you see I'm not the guy
F5 F5
That I pretend to be [drum link]
[Chorus]
A# G
Though I know I will be lonely
Dm Eb
But our love will never die
F A# A#7
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes
[Interlude]
F5
Ah ...
[Verse]
F5 F5
The more I try the more I fail,
F5 F5
I'd like to run away
F5 F5
But if I try you pass me by,
F5 F5
I know that I can't stay [drum link]
[Chorus]
A# G
Though I know I will be lonely
Dm Eb
But our love will never die
F A#7
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes.
[Interlude]
F5
Ah......
F5
Ah......
[Chorus]
A# G
Though I know I will be lonely
Dm Eb
But our love will never die
F A#7 | G |
I close my eyes, every day, I close my eyes
[Outro]
G G | A# | % |
I close my eyes, I close my eyes, I close my eyes
| F | % | Eb/F | % | F |% | Eb/F | % |
(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
Am/G x-x-0-0-0-0
Am/F# x-4-2-0-0-0
Am/E x-2-x-0-0-0
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[Intro]
| Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/E |
[Verse 1]
Am G
I walk the lonely streets
D A
I watch the people passing by
Am G
I used to smile and say hello
D A
Yes, I was just a happy guy
[Verse 2]
Am G
Then you happened, girl
D A
This feeling that possesses me
Am G
I just can't move myself
D A
I guess it all just had to be
[Chorus]
D G A
I can't see nobody
D G A
No, I can't see nobody
D G A D
My eyes can only look at you
A
You
[Verse 3]
Am G
I used to have a brain
D A
I used to think of many things
Am G
I watched the falling rain
D A
And listened to the sweet bird sing
[Verse 4]
Am G
Don't ask me why, little girl
D A
I love you and that's all I can say
Am G
You're every, every breath that I take
D A
You are my nights, my night and day
[Chorus]
D G A
I can't see nobody
D G A
No, I can't see nobody
D G A D
My eyes can only look at you
A
You
[Verse 5]
Am G
Every single word you hear, girl
D A
Is coming from this heart of mine
Am G
I've never felt like this before
D A
D love like yours, so young and fine
[Verse 6]
Am G
And now as I try to forget you
D A
It doesn't work out anyway
Am G
I loved you such a long time ago
D A
Though in my eyes you'll always stay
[Verse 7]
Am G
Every single word you hear
D A
Is coming from this heart of mine
Am G
I loved you such a long time ago
D A
Don't know why, girl I don't know why
A A A
(Baby, such a long time, baby, such a long time, baby, such a long time)
[Chorus]
D G A
I can't see nobody
D G A
No, I can't see nobody
D G A D
My eyes can only look at you
[Chorus] + coda
D G A
I can't see nobody
D G A
No, I can't see nobody
D G A D
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
Gsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
D/E x-2-2-2-2-x
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[Intro]
| A | Gsus2 | A | % |
[Verse 1]
A Bm
Many years ago I was a simple man
D A
D simple man, no worries me
Bm7 C#m7 E
I never li---------ied
A D A C#m D D/E
Please read me
[Verse 2]
A Bm
Not much conversation ever came from me,
D A
I never saw reality;
Bm7 C#m7 E
I never tri---------ied
A D A C#m D D/E
Please read me
[Instrumental Verse] (Beach Boys style)
| A | Bm | D | A |
| Bm | C#m E |
| A D | A C#m | D D/E |
[Verse 3]
A Bm
Maybe I've been lying on your couch too long
D A
I'll stay if you can see me through
Bm7 C#m7 E
Explain wh----------y
[Outro]
A D A C#m D D/E
Please read me
A D A C#m D D/E
Please read me
A D A C#m D D/E
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]
C F
Close another door
C F G
Listen to my eyes
C F
Close another door
C F
You're much too old to work
G G
So won't you run away? (break)
[Verse]
C
When I was young, I used to say
F G
That age won't bother me
C
The life I had was very sad
F G
It all went out to sea
Dm G G
It's so sad, so sad (break)
[Chorus]
C F
Close another door
C F G
Listen to my eyes
C F
Close another door
C F
You're much too old to work
G(sus4) D
So won't you run away? (break)
[Verse]
C
Though the sun is in outside
F G
The rain is in my hair
C
Now all my life is lived inside
F G
My home is in my chair
Dm G G
It's so sad, so sad (break)
[Chorus]
C F
Close another door
C F G
Listen to my eyes
C F
Close another door
C F
You're much too old to work
G G
So won't you run away? (break)
[Outro]
C C7
Let me go
F A#7
Send me flowers and put me on a plane
C G
I may be old but I've been told
F G
At least I'm still alive
C C7
Fly me up
F A#7
Fly me up and send me home
C G
I've been working so, so very hard and
F G
Being loved [?] but now I'm tired
| C | C7 | F | A#7 | C | G | F | G |
(vocals ad lib, repeat and fade)