Intro
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[Verse 1]
A# F/A D#maj7
Just a minute before you leave, girl
A# F/A D#maj7
Just a minute before you touch the door
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What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
A# F/A D#maj7
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
[Bridge 1]
Cm
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Cm
Who've lost all ray of hope
A#/F
You know, it ain't even safe no more
F
In the palace of the Pope
[Chorus]
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A# F/A D#maj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Cm Dm
Yesterday's just a memory
D# A#/F
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 2]
A# F/A D#maj7
Come over here from over there, girl
A# F/A D#maj7
Sit down here. You can have my chair
A# F/A D#maj7
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]
Cm
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Cm
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
A#/F
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
F
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Chorus]
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A# F/A D#maj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Cm Dm
Yesterday's just a memory
D# A#/F
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 3]
A# F/A D#maj7
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
A# F/A D#maj7
So, you might not know exactly how I feel
A# F/A D#maj7
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
A# F/A D#maj7
And build you a house made out of stainless steel
[Bridge 3]
Cm
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
Cm
That's a-hanging in the Louvre
A#/F
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
F
But I know that I can't move
[Chorus]
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A# F/A D#maj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Cm Dm
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
D# A#/F
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
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And I need you, oh
[Middle 8]
Ab D#maj7
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
D# A#
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
Ab D#maj7
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
D# A#
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
D# A#
Or do you remember St. James Street
D# A#
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
D# A#
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]
A# F/A D#maj7
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
A# F/A D#maj7
No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
A# F/A D#maj7
No more affection that's misplaced, girl,
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No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
[Bridge 4]
Cm
What about that millionaire
Cm
With the drumsticks in his pants?
A#/F
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
F
When he played and we didn't dance
[Chorus]
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A# F/A D#maj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A# F/A D#maj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Cm Dm
Yesterday's just a memory
D# A#/F
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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