Intro
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[Verse 1]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Just a minute before you leave, girl
G D/F# Cmaj7
Just a minute before you touch the door
G D/F# Cmaj7
What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
G D/F# Cmaj7
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
[Bridge 1]
Am
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Am
Who've lost all ray of hope
G/D
You know, it ain't even safe no more
D
In the palace of the Pope
[Chorus]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
G D/F# Cmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Am Bm
Yesterday's just a memory
C G/D
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
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And I need you, yeah
[Verse 2]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Come over here from over there, girl
G D/F# Cmaj7
Sit down here. You can have my chair
G D/F# Cmaj7
I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
G D/F# Cmaj7
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
[Bridge 2]
Am
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Am
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
G/D
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
D
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Chorus]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
G D/F# Cmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Am Bm
Yesterday's just a memory
C G/D
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
| C/D | C/D D |
And I need you, yeah
[Verse 3]
G D/F# Cmaj7
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
G D/F# Cmaj7
So, you might not know exactly how I feel
G D/F# Cmaj7
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
G D/F# Cmaj7
And build you a house made out of stainless steel
[Bridge 3]
Am
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
Am
That's a-hanging in the Louvre
G/D
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
D
But I know that I can't move
[Chorus]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
G D/F# Cmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Am Bm
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
C G/D
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
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And I need you, oh
[Middle 8]
F Cmaj7
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
C G
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
F Cmaj7
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
C G
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
C G
Or do you remember St. James Street
C G
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
C G
You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
F C | C/D | D |
And laid his life on the line
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
G D/F# Cmaj7
No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
G D/F# Cmaj7
No more affection that's misplaced, girl,
G D/F# Cmaj7
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
[Bridge 4]
Am
What about that millionaire
Am
With the drumsticks in his pants?
G/D
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
D
When he played and we didn't dance
[Chorus]
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
G D/F# Cmaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
G D/F# Cmaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Am Bm
Yesterday's just a memory
C G/D
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
| C/D | C/D D |
And I need you, yeah, oh, I need you ...
[Outro]
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