Intro
G#m G#m C# G#m
G#m A#m F# D#m
G#m G#m C# G#m
G#m A#m F# D#m
[Verse]
G#m
Here we are
D#m
In a room full of strangers
G#m
Standing in the dark
D#m
When your eyes could not see me
Fb
Well, I have to follow you
Fbm B
Though you did not want me to
C#m
But that won't stop my loving you
D#
I can't stay away
[Chorus]
B D#m
Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway
Fb
Singing them love songs
Fbm
Singing them straight to my heart songs
B D#m
Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway
Fb
Singing them sweet sounds
Fbm
To that crazy, crazy town
[Verse]
G#m D#m
No-ow in my place there are so many others
G#m
Standing in the line
D#m
How long will they stand between us
Fb
Well, I have to follow you
Fbm B
Though you did not want me to
C#m
That won't stop my loving you
D#
I can't stay away
[Chorus]
B D#m
Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway
Fb
Singing them love songs
Fbm
Singing them straight to my heart songs
B D#m
Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway
Fb
Singing them sweet sounds
Fbm
To that crazy, crazy town
[Break]
G#m G#m C# G#m
G#m A#m F# D#m
[Bridge]
G#m
I will wait
B C#
Even if it takes forever
A#m
I will wait
D#m
Even if it takes a lifetime
D#m/C# B
Somehow I feel inside
B/A# B/G# F#
You never ever left my side
B B C#
Make it like it was before
D#m D#m/C#
Even if it takes a life time
D7sus2
Takes a life time
[Chorus]
B D#m
Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway
Fb
Singing them love songs
Fbm
Singing them straight to my heart songs
B D#m
Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway
Fb
Singing them sweet sounds
Fbm
To that crazy, crazy town (repeat Chorus to fade)
Jive Talkin'
[Intro]
F#
[Chorus]
F#
It's just your jive talking, you're telling me lies
F# B F#
jive talking, you wear a disguise
F#
Jive talking, so misunderstood
F# Fb F#
jive talking, you're really no good.
[Verse]
C# B A# D#m
Oh, my child, you'll never know just what you mean to me.
C# B F# Fb B C#
Oh, my child, you got so much, you're gonna take away my energy.
[Chorus]
F#
With all your jive talking, you're telling me lies
F# B F#
Good loving still gets in my eyes
F#
Nobody, believe what you say
F# Fb F#
it's just your jive talking that gets in the way
[Instrumental Break]
F# Fb x4
Synth Riff
[Verse]
C# B A# D#m
Oh, my love, you're no good, treating me so cruel
C# B F# Fb
There you go with your fancy lies, leaving me looking
B C#
like a dumbstruck fool
[Chorus]
F#
With all your jive talking..you're telling me lies..
F# B F#
jive talking, you wear a disguise.
F#
Jive talking, so misunderstood..
F# Fb F#
jive talking, you just ain't no good.
F#
Love talking is all very fine..
F# B F#
jive talking just isn't a crime.
F#
And if there's somebody, you'll love 'til you die..
F# Fb F#
then all that jive talking, just gets in your eye.
[Instrumental Break]
F# Fb x4 (hold last time)
Synth Riff
F#
[Chorus]
F#
Jive talking..you're telling me lies.
F# B F#
Good loving still gets in my eyes.
F#
No...body, believe what you say..
F# Fb F#
it's just your jive talking that gets in the way.
F#
Love talking is all very fine..
F# B F#
jive talking just isn't a crime.
F#
And if there's somebody, you'll love 'til you die..
F# Fb F#
then all that jive talking, just gets in your eye. Yeah, Yeah!
F# B F# B F# B F# B F# B
Jive talking.........jive talking........jive talking..(Fade.)
Wind of Change
[Intro]
D# D#maj7 Fm G#m
Cm
(vamp)x4
Cm7 F9
x2
[Verse 1]
Cm7 F9
In the streets of New York City every man can feel the cold,
Cm7 F9
and I don't want no pity, but I want my story told.
Cm7 F9
And the lights shine down on me, they shine on the little boy,
Cm7 F9
is this the way to make him pay being born in a world of joy?
D# D#maj7
But like me,he don't know where he'll go wrong,
Fm7
he won't cry so many tears
G#m
till he finds out why he don't belong
D# D#maj7
like me, there's no room for us out there,
Fm7
you can lose your hope and pride,
G#m Cm7
when it comes to broken dreams you'll get your share.
F9 Cm7 F9
Sometimes a man breaks down,
Cm7 F9
and the good things he is looking for
Cm7 F9
are crushed into the ground.
[Chorus]
Cm7 F9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
Cm7 F9
Get on up, test the air, can't you see the wind of change?
Cm7 F9
sax solo
[Verse 2]
Cm7 F9
Don't you understand what I'm saying? We need a god down here,
Cm7 F9
a man to lead us children, take us from the valley of fear.
Cm7 F9
Make the lights shine down on us, show us the road to go,
Cm7 F9
help us survive, make us arrive, teach us what we need to know.
D# D#maj7
But like me, he don't know where he'll go wrong,
Fm7
he won't cry so many tears
G#m
till he finds out why he don't belong
D# D#maj7
like me, there's no room for us out there,
Fm7
you can lose your hope and pride,
G#m Cm7
when it comes to broken dreams you'll get your share.
F9 Cm7 F9
Sometimes a man breaks down down down down down,
Cm7 F9
and the good things he is looking for
Cm7 F9
are crushed into the ground
[Chorus 2]
Cm7 F9 Cm7 F9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
Cm7 F9 Cm7 F9
Get on up, test the air, can't you see the wind of change?
Cm7 F9 Cm7 F9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
Cm7 F9 Fm7 Cm7
Get on up, test the air, can't you see the wind of change? Break
[Coda]
Cm7 F9 x4
(wah rhythm) Yea-ee-yea-ee-yea-ee-yeah....
Cm7 F9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
Cm7 F9
Get on up, test the air, can't you see the wind of change? (repeat to fade)
Songbird
[Chorus 1]
B F#/A# G#m F#
Go on with your song, bird ‑‑ you can’t go wrong bird
Fb B C#m C#m/F# F#
You will go on and on, bird, like you did before
B F#/A# G#m F#
Though your wings are broken, the sky is so wide open
Fb B C#m C#m/F# B
And the wind is waiting for you like an open door
[Verse 1]
G#m D# G#m F# C#/F C#
Though you go so far away, your voice will still be heard so well
Fb B C#m D#
You’ll never really ever know how beautiful you are
G#m D# G#m F# C#/F C#
When the moon is on the rise I’II try to make my songbird fly
Fb B C#m C#m/F# B
I wonder if he ever will ‑‑ and if he really did, how far
[Chorus 2]
B F#/A# G#m F#
Go on with your song, bird ‑‑ you can’t go wrong bird
Fb B C#m C#m/F# F#
You will go on and on, bird, like you did before
B F#/A# G#m F#
Though your wings are broken, the sky is so wide open
Fb B C#m C#m/F# B
And the wind is waiting for you like an open door
[Verse 2]
G#m D# G#m F# C#/F C#
Though you go so far away, your voice will still be heard so well
Fb B C#m D#
You’ll never really ever know how beautiful you are
G#m D# G#m F# C#/F C#
When the moon is on the rise I’II try to make my songbird fly
Fb B C#m C#m/F# B
I wonder if he ever will ‑‑ and if he really did, how far
[Chorus 3]
B F#/A# G#m F#
Go on with your song, bird ‑‑ you can't go wrong bird
Fb B C#m C#m/F# B
You will go on and on bird, through the open door
C#m D#m Fb
B C#m D#m Fb
B F#/A# G#m F#
Go on with your song, bird ‑‑ you can't go wrong my bird
Fb B C#m C#m/F# B
You will go on and on, bird, like you did before
C#m D#m Fb B C#m D#m Fb
Like you did before
B C#m D#m Fb
repeat to fade
Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)
[Intro]
A#maj7 B7sus2
x4
[Verse]
A#maj7 B7sus2 A#maj7 B7sus2
First I rise, then I fall
A#maj7 B7sus2 A#maj7 B7sus2 Cm
Seems like you don't want the love of this man at all
[Bridge]
Gm F D
And it's sure been a lonely time
Cm D Gm
Right up to the time I met you
Gm F D
So if you take a love like mine,
[Chorus]
D# Dm
Ooh, be tender with my love
Cm D Gm
You know how easy it is to hurt me
D# Dm
Fanny, be tender with my love,
Cm
'Cause it's all that I've got,
D#/F A(add9)/F
And my love won't desert me
[Verse]
A#maj7 B7sus2 A#maj7 B7sus2
So you say to yourself, "Boy, you're out of your brain
A#maj7 B7sus2 A#maj7 B7sus2 Cm
Do you think I'm gonna stand here all night in the rain?"
[Bridge]
Gm F D
And it's the start of a love affair
Cm D Gm
The moment when I first met you
Gm F D
And if you want, I'll take you there
[Chorus]
D# Dm
Ooh, be tender with my love
Cm D Gm
You know how easy it is to break me
D# Dm
Fanny, be tender with my love,
Cm
'Cause it's all that I've got,
D#/F A(add9)/F
And my love won't forsake me (break)
[Middle 8]
D# Dm
With my love, our love will seal it together
D#
Oh, with our love, you made a promise
F
You'll always love me forever
[Chorus]
D# Dm
Ooh, be tender with my love
Cm D Gm
You know how easy it is to break it
D# Dm
Fanny, be tender with my love,
Cm
'Cause it's all that I've got,
D#/F
And my love won't forsake me
[Chorus]
D# Dm
Ooh, be tender with my love
Cm D Gm
You know how easy it is to break it
D# Dm
Fanny, be tender with my love,
Cm
'Cause it's all that I've got,
D#/F A(add9)/F E/F# F/G
And my love won't forsake me [key changee]
F Em
Ooh, be tender with my love
Dm E Am
You know how easy it is to break it
F Em
Fanny, be tender with my love,
Dm
'Cause it's all that I've got,
B(add9)/G
And my love won't forsake me
F Em
Be tender with my love;
Dm E Am
You know how easy it is to hurt me
F Em
Fanny, be tender with my love
Dm
'Cause it's all that I've got,
B(add9)/G
And my love won't forsake me (repeat and fade)
All This Making Love
[Intro]
G#m G#
[Verse 1]
C#m Fb D#m
About an hour or more, when I go upstairs, you can read between the lines
C#m D#7
I can make it to the top, but then I gotta stop
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F
But I'm all right, I'm really fine
Fb G#m/D# D#
It's just the wine and all this making love
C#m Fb D#m
In a day or so, it'll really show, gonna wear me to the ground
C#m D#7
It's just the way it goes, she keeps me on my toes
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F
But I'm all right, and should I mind
Fb G#m/D# D#
It's just the wine and all this making love
C#m Fb D#m
And I can't keep still, gonna make a will, 'cause I'm losing all my hair
C#m D#7
I try to make it seem it isn't just a dream
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F
And I'm all right, I'm almost there
Fb G#m/D# D#
It isn't fair to wake up all this making love
[Instrumental]
C#m D#7 G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F Fb D#
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F Fb
[Verse 2]
G#m G#
C#m Fb D#m
I get pleasure and pain, it's a gravy train, it's a wonderland, it's a ride
C#m D#7
And the rumor is I'm told, she's really got a hold
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F
And I'm all right, I'm really fine
Fb G#m/D# D#
It's just the wine and all this making love
C#m Fb D#m
She'll be making me strung by the tip of my tongue like a tiger in a cage
C#m D#7
She's got me up a wall, I'm slowing to a crawl
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F
I'm all right, I'm really fine
Fb G#m/D# D# C#m
It's just the wine and all this making love.
D#7 G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F Fb D#
Too much too much too much too much... Too much too much
G#m G#m/G G#m/F# G#m/F Fb D#
too much... Too much too much too much too much...(repeat to fade)
Country Lanes
[Intro]
D# A#/D# D# A#/D# D# A#/D# D#
[Verse 1]
G# D# A# D# A#
So warm is my morning sun, red is my rainbow
D# G# D#
Soft is the cool summer breeze when I saw your face
A# D# A# D# Cm
I saw the light in your eyes so dark and demanding
A# D# A#
Like a light in the storm
[Bridge 1]
G# A# Cm
Whenever I cry my friend
D# G# A# D#
You're always away and so I pretend
C Fm
If I could live the dreams that I see
D# A#
Long live my love
[Chorus 1]
G# A# Cm
Walking in country (country) lanes (country lanes)
D# G# A# D#
I'll never belong to someone again
C Fm
Living my whole life through
G# D# A#
Long live my love for you
{Instrumental]
D# A#/D# D# A#/D# D# A#/D# D#
[Verse 2]
G# D# A# D# A#
My life has meaning now, I am a window
D# Cm
And all things seem clear to me now
A#
Like a light in the storm
[Bridge 2]
G# A# Cm
Whenever I cry my friend
D# G# A# D#
You're always away and so I pretend
C Fm
If I could live the dreams that I see
G# D# A#
Long live my love
[Chorus 2]
G# A# Cm
Walking in country (country) lanes (country lanes)
D# G# A# D#
I'll never belong to someone again
C Fm
Living my whole life through
G# D# A#
Long live my love
G# A# Cm
Walking in country (country) lanes (country lanes)
D# G# A# D#
I'll never belong to someone again
C Fm
Living my whole life through
G# D# A#
Long live my love for you
[Coda]
D# A#/D# D# A#/D# D# A#/D# D#
Come On Over
[Intro]
A A# D# A# D# D#/F
[Verse]
A#
If my life gets like a jig saw
D# A#
With the pieces out of place
F
Come on over
A#
Put a smile back on my face
A#
And if all my bad days came at once
D# A#
You would know just what to do
F
Come on over
F A#
Baby, you will see me through
[Chorus]
D# F
And if you think I need you
A# D#
Come on over
A#
Bring your love around
Dm Cm F
You can dry away my tears
D# F
And if you think I need you
A# D#
Come on over
A#
Lay your body down
Dm Cm
You know I will be here
F A# D# A# D#
So bring your love around
[Verse]
A#
When I cannot see in front of me
D# A#
And I know my darkest day
F
Come on over
F A#
You can take it all away
[Chorus]
D# F
And if you think I need you
A# D#
Come on over
A#
Bring your love around
Dm Cm F
You can wipe away my tears
D# F
And if you think I need you
A# D#
Come on over
A#
Lay your body down
Dm Cm
You know I will be here
F
So bring your love around
A# D# A# D#
A# D# A#
Come on over
Edge of the Universe
[Intro]
G#
4-bar riff x2 (break)
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
[Verse]
G#
Just my dog and I
C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G#
Well, I didn't wanna bring her
C#/G# G# C#/G#
And I know it'll make her worse
[Bridge]
A#m Cm
Now I look out on forever
A#m D#
And it must be nice down there
A#m D#
And they call me Shenandora in the air
[Interlude]
G# C#/G#
[Verse]
G#
Well, I'm ten feet tall
C#/G# G# C#/G#
But I'm only three feet wide
G#
And I live inside an ocean
C#/G# G# C#/G#
That flows on the other side
[Bridge]
A#m Cm
If I came back down tomorrow
A#m D#
Would it all be far too soon
A#m D#
And it looks like it's gonna be a lovely afternoon
[Interlude]
G# C#/G#
[Middle 8]
F A# C
I thought that I was going home
F A# C C
And all the way I kept on praying
F A# C
I couldn't stop to turn around
F A# C C
Well, here I am and here I'm staying
C# D#
[Verse]
G#
It's been my longest journey
C#/G# G# C#/G#
And I've come through the black of night
G#
I was tired and hungry
C#/G# G# C#/G#
When I saw your distant light
[Bridge]
A#m Cm
Well, I know this may sound crazy
A#m D#
But I'm sure I got here first
A#m D#
I'm just me, Shenandora, at the edge of the universe
[Interlude]
G# C#/G#
[Middle 8]
F A# C
I thought that I was going home
F A# C C
And all the way I kept on praying
F A# C
I couldn't stop to turn around
F A# C C
Well, here I am and here I'm staying
C# D#
[Verse]
G#
Just my dog and I
C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G#
Well, I didn't wanna bring her
C#/G# G# C#/G#
And I know it'll make her worse
[Bridge]
A#m Cm
Now I look out on forever
A#m D#
And it must be nice down there
A#m D#
And they call me Shenandora in the air
[Coda]
G#
4-bar riff x2 (break)
(na na na na...)
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G# C#/G# G# C#/G#
At the edge of the universe
G# C#/G# G# C#/G# G#
At the edge of the universe
Baby As You Turn Away
[Intro]
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
[Verse]:
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
Here am I one sad and lonely guy,
G# G#maj7 G#
one shadow of the man I used to be.
C#
Now it's past, the love I thought would last
C# D#
you thought I had you chained, and now you're free.
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
I know it's wrong but I'm still holding on,
G# G#maj7 G#
still praying you will soon come back to me.
C#
But then you go, you let your feelings show;
C# D#
you said I gave you pain, and now I see.
[Chorus]
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
But baby, as you turn away, I will always
Fm C# C#/C
think of what we had together.
A#m D#
Maybe this is just your way of breaking my
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
heart And it's
G# G#7
easier to say goodbye,
C# C#m
making me fall, making me try,
Cm C# D#
try to make you stay as you turn
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
away.
[Verse]
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
Now you're gone, this road I walk upon is
G# G#maj7 G#
just another place where I can hide.
C#
I'm still your man, there's proof of who I am;
C# D#
except without your love I'm dead inside.
[Chorus]
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
But baby, as you turn away, I will always
Fm C# C#/C
think of what we had together.
A#m D#
Maybe this is just your way of breaking my
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
heart And it's
G# G#7
easier to say goodbye,
C# C#m
making me fall, watching me try,
Cm C# D#
try to make you stay as you turn away.
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
baby, as you turn away
Fm C# C#/C
I will always think of what we had together.
A#m D#
Maybe this is just your way of breaking my
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
heart.
G# G#7
And it's easier to say goodbye,
C# C#m
watching me fall, making me try,
Cm C# D#
try to make you stay as you turn away.
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
Baby, as you turn away
Fm C# C#/C
I will always think of what we had together.
A#m D#
Maybe this is just your way of breaking my
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
heart.
G# G#7
And it's easier to say goodbye,
C# C#m
watching me fall, making me try,
Cm C# D#
try to make you stay as you turn
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
away.
[Coda]
G# G#maj7 G#6 G#maj7
Baby as you turn... (voc ad libs) (repeat to fade0