Intro
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[Verse 1]
C G/B Fmaj7
Just a minute before you leave, girl
C G/B Fmaj7
Just a minute before you touch the door
C G/B Fmaj7
What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
C G/B Fmaj7
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
[Bridge 1]
Dm
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Dm
Who've lost all ray of hope
C/G
You know, it ain't even safe no more
G
In the palace of the Pope
[Chorus]
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G/B Fmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's just a memory
F C/G
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 2]
C G/B Fmaj7
Come over here from over there, girl
C G/B Fmaj7
Sit down here. You can have my chair
C G/B Fmaj7
I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
C G/B Fmaj7
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
[Bridge 2]
Dm
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Dm
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
C/G
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
G
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Chorus]
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G/B Fmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's just a memory
F C/G
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 3]
C G/B Fmaj7
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
C G/B Fmaj7
So, you might not know exactly how I feel
C G/B Fmaj7
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
C G/B Fmaj7
And build you a house made out of stainless steel
[Bridge 3]
Dm
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
Dm
That's a-hanging in the Louvre
C/G
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
G
But I know that I can't move
[Chorus]
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G/B Fmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
F C/G
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
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And I need you, oh
[Middle 8]
A# Fmaj7
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
F C
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
A# Fmaj7
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
F C
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
F C
Or do you remember St. James Street
F C
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
F C
You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
A# F | F/G | G |
And laid his life on the line
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
C G/B Fmaj7
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
C G/B Fmaj7
No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
C G/B Fmaj7
No more affection that's misplaced, girl,
C G/B Fmaj7
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
[Bridge 4]
Dm
What about that millionaire
Dm
With the drumsticks in his pants?
C/G
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
G
When he played and we didn't dance
[Chorus]
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G/B Fmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G/B Fmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's just a memory
F C/G
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah, oh, I need you ...
[Outro]
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