(4:4)
(Amajor)
(99bpm)
(reference note: F# F# E E C# B A A)
INTRO:
[(A Am Asus2) (A Amaj7 A) (E)] x 4
(repeat descending riff: F# F# E E C# B A A)
(bass: A (E) E (G#))
VERSE 1:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (A6) (C#m7)
couldn’t quite ignore your formal orders
(C#msus4) (C#+) (Dm6) (F+) (Dm6)
though i tried to warn you
(D) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
i was stoned and scorned…and i was…
(bass: A (C#) C# D (B A) F (A C#) D (A) F# (A))
VERSE 2:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (A6) (C#m7)
given colder shoulders from your daughters…
(C#msus4) (C#+) (Dm6) (F+) (Dm6)
they had found their others
(Dm) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
they became their mothers…now you’re the
(bass: A (C#) C# D (B A) F (A C#) D (A F) F# (A))
VERSE 3:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (C#m7) (C#msus4)
only honest woman I know… (i)
(Dmaj7) (D6) (Dm) (Dm6) (Dm) (D)
want ed to show you a
(F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4 F#m)
long time ago… (and though i)
(bass: A (C#) C# D (A) F#)
VERSE 4:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (C#m7)
find you kinda hard to de fine … (there’s still)
(Dmaj7) (D6)(Dm) (Dm6)(Dm) (D)
some thing a bout you that has
(F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
bog gled my mind… (for a)
(bass: A (C#) C# D (A) F# (A C#))
BRIDGE 1:
(Dmaj7)
long time…
(bass: D (A F#))
BRIDGE 2:
(F) (Fmaj7) (F6) (E7)
ring ring goes the bell
(E6) (E) (Esus4) (Esus2) (E) (Esus4) (E) (A)
been try ing to warn you…but you know it so well…
(bass: F E (G#) A)
BRIDGE 3:
(A6) (A) (Amaj7) (A)
you know it so well…
(A7+6) (Amaj7) (A) (A6)
you know it so well…
PART 2:
(A) (Asus2) (A) (F#msus4) (F#m)(F#m7)
so meet me in my dreams tonight… i’ll see you there
(Esus2) (E+) (E) (Esus4) (E+) (D6) (D)
i may be in my over coat and underwear…
(A) (Asus2) (A) (F#msus4) (F#m)(F#m7)
take me in your lovely eyes, we’ll drift away…
(Esus2) (E+) (E) (Esus4) (E)
cast your spell a nother day…
(bass: A (E) F# (E) E (G# C E) D (A) A (E) F# (E) E (G#))
PART 4:
(E6) (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bmsus4) (Bmsus2)
(it’s a) fine line… but i’ve been will ing to
(C#m) (F#m) (F#dim) (E)
die…. for a long time… and now here i lie…
(Esus2) (Esus4) (Dmaj7) (Dmaj7sus2) (Dmaj7)
in that same old place…
(Dmaj7) (D7) (E)
weren’t you wondering why?
(Esus2)(Esus4) (E6) (E6) (E+) (E) (Esus4) (Esus2) (Esus4)
and i a pologize for my lack of success i know there
(E6) (Dmaj7) (D7) (E)
ain’t no room for the second best…
(Esus2) (Esus4) (Dmaj7) (Dmaj7sus2) (Dmaj7)
i know there’ll be no time
’
(Dmaj7) (D7) (E) (E6) (E+) (D6) (D) (D7) (D6)
til my final rest…for my final rest…for my final rest…
(bass: B (C#) C# (G# E) F# (A C D#) E (G# A B E) D (C A F#) E (G# B C#)
(bass: D (C A F#) E (G# A B E) D (C A F#) E (G# C E) D (B))
VERSE 5:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (C#m7) (C#msus4)
we’ll speed read through the day as
(C#m7) (C#+) (Dm6) (D)
all of our for tunes were
(Dmaj7) (D6) (D) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
start ed that way
(bass: A (C#) C# D (A) F# (A))
VERSE 6:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (C#m7)
and then we’ll tiptoe through the night
(C#m7) (C#+) (Dm6) (D)
continue to linger with
(Dmaj7) (D6) (D) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
all of our might
(bass: A (C#) C# D (A) F# (A))
VERSE 7:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (C#m7) (C#msus4) (C#m7) (C#+)
until all your baby mamas have gone… then we’ll slowly sur
(Dm6)
surrender though we
(Dmaj7) (D6) (D) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
try to move on…
(bass: A (C#) C# D (A) F# (A))
VERSE 8:
(A6) (A) (Asus2) (A) (C#m7)
you’re the only one i wanna turn on…
(C#msus4) (C#m7) (C#+) (Dm6) (Dm)
but i was wasted for weeks just like your
(Dmaj7) (D6) (D) (F#msus4) (F#m) (F#msus4) (F#m)
prodigal… son…
(bass: A (C#) C# D (A) F# (A))
BRIDGE 2:
(F) (Fmaj7) (F6) (E7)
“ring ring” goes the bell i’ll
(E6) (E) (Esus4) (Esus2) (Esus4) (E) (A)
give you your space and hope your timing will tell…
(A6) (A) (Amaj7) (A)
and hope your timing well tell…
(A7+6) (Amaj7) (A) (A6)
I hope your timing will tell…
(bass: F E (G#) A)
OUTRO:
(A) (A6) (A)
ay ay yay doo doo doo
(Am) (Amsus2) (Am)
i’ll get rid of you too…