Dont Fall Apart On Me Tonight
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Intro
C G F x4
[Verso 1]
C G F
Just a minute before you leave
C G F
Just a minute before you touch the door
C G F
What is it that you're trying to achieve?
C G F
Do you think we can just talk about it some more?
Dm
The streets are filled with vipers
Dm
Who've lost all ray of hope
G
It ain't even safe no more
G
In the palace of the Pope
[Refrão]
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's just a memory
F G
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
G
And I need you, oh yeah
[Verso 2]
C G F
Come over here from over there
C G F
Sit down here. You can have my chair
C G F
I can't see us goin' anywhere
C G F
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
Dm
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Dm
Maybe I'd have saved some lives been lost
G
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
G
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
[Refrão]
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's just a memory
F G
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
G
And I need you, oh yeah
[Verso 3]
C G F
I ain't too good at conversation
C G F
So, you might not know exactly how I feel
C G F
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop
C G F
And build you a house of stainless steel
Dm
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
Dm
That's hanging in the Louvre
G
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
G
But I know that I can't move
[Refrão]
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
F G
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
G
And I need you, oh yeah
[Ponte]
Bb F
Who are these people walking toward you?
C
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
Bb F
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
F C
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
F C
Do you remember Napolean Street
F C
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
F C
You were so fine, Clark Gable would've fell at your feet
Bb F G
And laid his life on the line
Instrumental
C G F x2
[Verso 4]
C G F
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste
C G F
No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm
C G F
No more affection that's misplaced,
C G F
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
Dm
What about that billionaire
Dm
With the drumsticks in his pants?
G
He looked so baffled, so bewildered
G
When he played and we didn't dance
[Refrão]
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
I just don't think that I could handle it
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Dm Em
Yesterday's just a memory
F G
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
G
And I need you, oh yeah
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
C G F
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Outro
C G F C
How to play Dont Fall Apart On Me Tonight
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.