My Heart Can't Tell You No - Rod Stewart

My Heart Can't Tell You No

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[(intro) ]G C
 
(verso 1)
G
I don't want you to come round here no more,
C
I beg you for mercy.
G
You don't know how strong my weakness is
C
Or how much it hurts me.
Em D
Cause when you say it over with him,
C Em
I want to believe it's true.
D
So I let you in, knowing tomorrow
C
I'm gonna wake up missing you,
D
Wake up missing you.
 
[Refrão]G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
Em D
No matter how I try to convince myself,
C Em
This time I won't lose control.
D C
One look in your blue eyes and suddenly my heart can't tell you no.
 
(verso 2)
G
I don't want you to call me up no more,
C
Saying you need me.
G
You're crazy if you think just half your love
C
Could ever please me.
Em D
Still I want to hold you, touch you
C Em
When you look at me that way.
D
There's only one solution I know:
C
You gotta stay away from me,
D
Stay away from me!
 
(Refrão)
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
Em D
No matter how I try to convince myself,
C Em
This time I won't lose control.
D C
One look in your sad eyes and suddenly my heart can't tell you no.
D
My Heart can't tell you no!
 
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(Solo) Em D C Em D C Em
 
Em D C Em
E|---------------------------|--------9--------------------------|
B|-7-8-8-8---8-7-8-7--7------|-7-8-9----9-7-7~~----8-7-8--7------|
G|-------------------9-9-7-7~|------------------------------9-9~-|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Em D C
E|-12-12-12--------------7-8-10-8-7-8-7----7------------------------------|
B|----------12-12-12~-------------------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7---7----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------9---9-7-9-9~-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Em)
E|------------------------12-10-12~--|
B|-----------12-10-12~---------------|
G|-9-7-9~----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
 
(verso 3)
G
I don't want you to come round here no more,
C
I beg you for mercy.
G
You don't know how strong my weakness is
C
Or how much it hurts me.
Em D
Cause when you say it over with him,
C Em
I want to believe it's true.
D
So I let you in, knowing tomorrow
C
I'm gonna wake up missing you,
D
Wake up missing you.
 
(Refrão)
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
C
Living hell...

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