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View chords used in this chart
INTRO:
4/4 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
D||---------------------------|-0---------0-------------|
A||-T-----0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
G||-A-----0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
D||-B-----3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2-0-----|
A||---------------------------|-------------------------|
D||---0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--0-----------------------|----------------------------||
|------------0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|------3-----3-3---2-0---2-|-2h3---3-2---0--------------||
|--------------------------|---------------3---0-3--3h5-||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
VERSES:
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||---------8-----8---8h10-8-----|--7-----7-----7---7h8-7-----|
||*------------7-----7----7-----|--6-----6-----6---6---6-----|
||*------0--------------------0-|------0-----0-------------0-|
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||---0--------------------------|----------------------------|
1. Some sweet perversion on the telephone line
2. We stayed out late 'til morning came
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------5-----|------5-------------5-------|
|--------7-----7---8-------|----------------------------|
|------------5-----------5-|--4-----4-----4h5-----4---0-|
|------0-------0-----------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|----------------------------|
I've been waiting for such a very long time
I said "I'll take you home if its all the same"
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-----0---0h1-0-----|--3---0-------------------|
|--------------1---1---1-----|--1-----1-----------------|
|------0-----0-------------0-|------------0-------------|
|--0-------------------------|--------------------3--0--|
|----------------------------|--------------3--0--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
For her to be free
Her indifference fills the room
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------|-0---------0-------------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
|------3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2h0-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------8-----8---8h10-8-----|--7---7-------7---7h8-7-----|
|--------7-----7---7----7-----|--6-----6-----6---6---6-----|
|------------0--------------0-|------------0-------------0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
The evening was nice but there were too many people
Some weak seduction on the morning after
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------5-----|------5------5------5-------|
|--------7-----7---8-------|----------------------------|
|--------5-----5---------5-|--4-----4-----4h5-----4---0-|
|------0-----0-------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|----------------------------|
And all my thoughts so depraved and evil
How it slays me every time I touch her
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-----0---0h1-0-----|--3---0-------------------|
|--------------1---1---1-----|--1-----1-----------------|
|------0-----0-------------0-|------------0-------------|
|--0-------------------------|--------------------3--0--|
|----------------------------|--------------3--0--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Oh lord what would she say
But she just wants to sleep
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|--------------0-------------|-0---------0-------------||
|------------0---0-----------|---------0---0-----------||
|----------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------||
|------2/3-------3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2h0-----||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|--0-----------------------0-|-------------------------||
She says
She says
CHORUS:
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||------------0-------------|------------0-------------|
||--------3---3-----3-------|--------2---2-----2-------|
||--------2---------2-------|--------1---------1-------|
||------------------------0-|------0-------0-----0---0-|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
1. I'm afraid it's not to be You're a
2. How long 'til you understand The
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|------------0-----0-------|------------------------------|
|--------1---1-----1-------|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0---------0-------|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-------0-----0---0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
sweet guy but you ain't for me
last thing that I need is another man
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----------------0--------|------------0-3---0-------|
|--------3--3--3--3--3-----|--------2---2-2---2-2-----|
|--------2--2--2-----2-----|--------1-----------1-----|
|------0-----------------0-|------0-----------------0-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
I live my life in a different way You
Didn't you promise to give it a rest Right
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|------------0-2---0-------|------------------------------|
|--------1---1-1---1-1-----|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-----------------0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
know those things you're thinking are a big mistake
now I need a lover like a hole, like a hole in the chest
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|------------0-------------|-0-----------0--------------||
|----------0---0-----------|-----------0---0------------||
|--------0-----0-----------|---------0-----0-----------*||
|------3-------3---2-0-----|-----2/3-------3---2h0-----*||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--0---------------------0-|----------------------------||
BRIDGE:
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||--------------0-----------|--------------------------|
||-----------------0--------|--------------5-----------|
||--------0--------------3--|--------4--------4-----4--|
||-----0-----0--------5-----|-----0-----0--------6-----|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--5-----------------------|--6-----------------------|
Oh well, can't blame a guy for
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|--------------7-----------|--------------0-----------|
|-----------7-----7--------|-----------5--------5-----|
|--------6-----------6-----|--------3--------3-----3--|
|-----7-----------------7--|-----5--------------------|
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--5-----------------------|
trying And I'm smiling even though I'm
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|---------0-------|-------------2-----------|-----------------|
|-------0---0-----|----------0-----0--------|-----------------|
|-----0-------2---|-------0-----------0-----|-----------------|
|---0-----------3-|----2-----------------2--|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4-----------------------|-4---------------|
|-3---------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
dying To know the love she says will never
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------|-0---------0-------------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
|------3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2-0-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
be
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--0-----------------------|----------------------------||
|--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|------3-----3-3---2-0---2-|-2h3---3-2---0--------------||
|--------------------------|---------------3---0-3--3h5-||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
VERSE 3: (piano accompaniment arranged for guitar)
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||--------------------------|-------------H12----------|
||--8-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--7----------10-----------|--9-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-11-----------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
One last conversation at the crowded bar And
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|-------------H7-----------|-------------H5-----------|
|--7-----------------------|--5-----------------------|
|--5-----------------------|--4-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
even thought the music is louder by far
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------H5-----------|-------------A3-----------|
|--3-----------------------|-H5-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
I hear every word she says
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|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--2-----------------------|--------------------------||
|--3-----------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------||
She says
CHORUS:
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||------------0-------------|------------0-------------|
||--------3---3-----3-------|--------2---2-----2-------|
||--------2---------2-------|--------1---------1-------|
||------------------------0-|------0-------0-----0---0-|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
Don't take it bad don't worry about it
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|------------0-------------|------------------------------|
|--------1---1-----1-------|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0---------0-------|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-------0-----0---0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
You're a friend of mine and there's no way around it
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----------------0--------|------------0-3---0--------|
|--------3--3--3--3--3-----|--------2---2-2---2-2------|
|--------2--2--2-----2-----|--------1-----------1------|
|------0-----------------0-|------0-----------------0--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0------------------------|--0------------------------|
Sometimes you there early sometimes you get there late
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|------------0-2---0-------|------------------------------|
|--------1---1-1---1-1-----|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-----------------0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
But even if you had a chance you never, never knew the
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|--------------------------|-0---------0-0-------------||
|--------0--0--0-----------|---------0-----0-----------||
|--------0--0--0-----------|-----0---------0-----------||
|--------3--3--3---2-0-----|-----2/3-------3---2h0-----||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--0---------------------0-|-------------------------0-||
game
CODA: (fade out at end)
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||--------2-----2---2h3-2-----|----------------------------|
||--------------3---3---3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
||------2-----2-------------2-|--------0-----0---0h2-0-----|
||----------------------------|------3-----3-------------3-|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||--3-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
Little hands open smile I'm
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------0-----------|--------------5-----------|
|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-|------0-----0-----0-----0-|
|----3-----3-----3-----3---|----3-----3-----3-----3---|
|--1-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
glad we got to talk for a while I
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||---------2-----2--2--2-----|----------------------------|
||---------3-----3--3--3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
||*------2-----2-----------2-|------0-------0---0h2-0-----|
||*--------------------------|----3-------3-------------3-|
||---------------------------|----------------------------|
||---3-----------------------|--2-------------------------|
feel O.K. yeah I'm feeling better
O.K. yeah it's
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|--------3-----2-----------|--------------5------------||
|--------------------3-----|--------3-----------3------||
|------0-----0-----0-----0-|------0-----0-----0-----0-*||
|----3-----3-----3-----3---|----3-----3-----3-----3---*||
|--1-----------------------|--3------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
I'll let it go but I'll never say never It's
O.K. yeah... It's
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|--------2-----2---3-2-----|----------------------------|
|--------3-----3---3-3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
|------2-----2-----------2-|--------0-----0---0h2-0-----|
|--------------------------|------3-----3-------------3-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-----------------------|--2-------------------------|
O.K. yeah yeah it's
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|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------------------------||
|------0-----0-----0-----0-|--------------------------||
|----3-----3-----3-----3---|--------------------------||
|--1-----------------------|--3-----------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
O.K. yeah...
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John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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How to play ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. 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.