Just Out Of Reach - Solomon Burke

Just Out Of Reach

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Intro:
Abm7 Gbm B E B
(Out of reach of my two empty arms.)
 
#1.
E E7
A love that runs away from me..dreams
B
that just won't let me be.
B A
Blues that keeps on bothering me..chains
E
that just won't set me free.
E E7 A
Too far away from you and all your charms..
B A B E B
just out of reach of my two empty arms.
 
#2.
E A E
Each night, in dreams, I see your face..
B
memories, time cannot erase.
B
Then I awake and find you're gone..then
A E
I'm so blue and all alone.
E E7 A
So far away from you, so sweet and warm..
B A B E
just out of reach of my two empty arms.
C Am7
(Empty arms..)
 
#3.
F Bb F
(Mmmmmmmmmmmm) that lonesome feeling all
C
the time..knowing you could not be mine.
C Am7 C
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep..vows that
F
we could never keep.
F Dm7 Bb
So far away from you and all your charms..
C Bb C F
just out of reach of my two empty arms.
 
OUTRO:
Bb F
(Empty arms..)(Fade.)
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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