Intro
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[Verse 1]
A E/G# Dmaj7
Just a minute before you leave, girl
A E/G# Dmaj7
Just a minute before you touch the door
A E/G# Dmaj7
What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
A E/G# Dmaj7
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
[Bridge 1]
Bm
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Bm
Who've lost all ray of hope
A/E
You know, it ain't even safe no more
E
In the palace of the Pope
[Chorus]
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A E/G# Dmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Bm C#m
Yesterday's just a memory
D A/E
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 2]
A E/G# Dmaj7
Come over here from over there, girl
A E/G# Dmaj7
Sit down here. You can have my chair
A E/G# Dmaj7
I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
A E/G# Dmaj7
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
[Bridge 2]
Bm
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Bm
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
A/E
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
E
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Chorus]
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A E/G# Dmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Bm C#m
Yesterday's just a memory
D A/E
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 3]
A E/G# Dmaj7
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
A E/G# Dmaj7
So, you might not know exactly how I feel
A E/G# Dmaj7
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
A E/G# Dmaj7
And build you a house made out of stainless steel
[Bridge 3]
Bm
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
Bm
That's a-hanging in the Louvre
A/E
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
E
But I know that I can't move
[Chorus]
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A E/G# Dmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Bm C#m
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
D A/E
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
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And I need you, oh
[Middle 8]
G Dmaj7
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
D A
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
G Dmaj7
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 E/G# Dmaj7
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
A E/G# Dmaj7
No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
A E/G# Dmaj7
No more affection that's misplaced, girl,
A E/G# Dmaj7
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
[Bridge 4]
Bm
What about that millionaire
Bm
With the drumsticks in his pants?
A/E
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
E
When he played and we didn't dance
[Chorus]
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
A E/G# Dmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
A E/G# Dmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Bm C#m
Yesterday's just a memory
D A/E
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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