Intro
| E B/D# | Amaj7 | E B/D# | Amaj7 |
| E B/D# | Amaj7 | E B/D# | Amaj7 |
[Verse 1]
E B/D# Amaj7
Just a minute before you leave, girl
E B/D# Amaj7
Just a minute before you touch the door
E B/D# Amaj7
What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
E B/D# Amaj7
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
[Bridge 1]
F#m
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
F#m
Who've lost all ray of hope
E/B
You know, it ain't even safe no more
B
In the palace of the Pope
[Chorus]
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
E B/D# Amaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
F#m G#m
Yesterday's just a memory
A E/B
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
| A/B | A/B B |
And I need you, yeah
[Verse 2]
E B/D# Amaj7
Come over here from over there, girl
E B/D# Amaj7
Sit down here. You can have my chair
E B/D# Amaj7
I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
E B/D# Amaj7
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
[Bridge 2]
F#m
I wish I'd have been a doctor
F#m
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
E/B
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
B
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Chorus]
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
E B/D# Amaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
F#m G#m
Yesterday's just a memory
A E/B
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
| A/B | A/B B |
And I need you, yeah
[Verse 3]
E B/D# Amaj7
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
E B/D# Amaj7
So, you might not know exactly how I feel
E B/D# Amaj7
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
E B/D# Amaj7
And build you a house made out of stainless steel
[Bridge 3]
F#m
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
F#m
That's a-hanging in the Louvre
E/B
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
B
But I know that I can't move
[Chorus]
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
E B/D# Amaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
F#m G#m
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
A E/B
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
| A/B | A/B B |
And I need you, oh
[Middle 8]
D Amaj7
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
A E
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
D Amaj7
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
A E
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
A E
Or do you remember St. James Street
A E
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
A E
You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
D A | A/B | B |
And laid his life on the line
[Solo]
| E B/D# | Fadd9 | E B/D# | Fadd9 |
[Verse 4]
E B/D# Amaj7
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
E B/D# Amaj7
No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
E B/D# Amaj7
No more affection that's misplaced, girl,
E B/D# Amaj7
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
[Bridge 4]
F#m
What about that millionaire
F#m
With the drumsticks in his pants?
E/B
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
B
When he played and we didn't dance
[Chorus]
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
E B/D# Amaj7
I just don't think that I could handle it
E B/D# Amaj7
Don't fall apart on me tonight
F#m G#m
Yesterday's just a memory
A E/B
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
| A/B | A/B B |
And I need you, yeah, oh, I need you ...
[Outro]
| E B/D# | Amaj7 | E B/D# | Amaj7 |