Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Just a minute before you leave, girl
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Just a minute before you touch the door
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What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
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Do you think we can talk about it some more?
[Bridge 1]
Em
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Em
Who've lost all ray of hope
D/A
You know, it ain't even safe no more
A
In the palace of the Pope
[Chorus]
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Don't fall apart on me tonight
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I just don't think that I could handle it
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Don't fall apart on me tonight
Em F#m
Yesterday's just a memory
G D/A
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 2]
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Come over here from over there, girl
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Sit down here. You can have my chair
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I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
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The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
[Bridge 2]
Em
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Em
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
D/A
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
A
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Chorus]
D A/C# Gmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
D A/C# Gmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
D A/C# Gmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Em F#m
Yesterday's just a memory
G D/A
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 3]
D A/C# Gmaj7
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
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So, you might not know exactly how I feel
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But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
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And build you a house made out of stainless steel
[Bridge 3]
Em
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
Em
That's a-hanging in the Louvre
D/A
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
A
But I know that I can't move
[Chorus]
D A/C# Gmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
D A/C# Gmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
D A/C# Gmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Em F#m
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
G D/A
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
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And I need you, oh
[Middle 8]
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Who are these people who are walking towards you?
G D
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
C Gmaj7
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
G D
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
G D
Or do you remember St. James Street
G D
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
G D
You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
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And laid his life on the line
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
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No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
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No more affection that's misplaced, girl,
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No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
[Bridge 4]
Em
What about that millionaire
Em
With the drumsticks in his pants?
D/A
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
A
When he played and we didn't dance
[Chorus]
D A/C# Gmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
D A/C# Gmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
D A/C# Gmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Em F#m
Yesterday's just a memory
G D/A
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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