Relief Is Just A Swallow Away
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"Relief Is Just a Swallow Away" - Eddie Noack
B-side on the single "Man On The Wall / Relief Is Just A Swallow Away" (1959)
Track 7 of 65 on the album "Presenting Eddie Noack"
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIePuz_cp1I
[Intro]
D7 G
[Verse 1]
G D7
Standing in the tavern, feeling blue
D7 G
My foot on the rail, just a-thinking 'bout you
C
But I won't be blue all day
G C C# D7 G
Because relief... is just a swallow away
[Verse 2]
G D7
Well, I've been blue before, I guess I'll be blue again
D7 G
But I'll drown all my worries or I'll teach 'em how to swim
C
I won't be the one to pay
G C C# D7 G G7
Because relief... is just a swallow away
[Bridge]
C G
Guess you thought, when you left, I wouldn't have any fun
D7 G G7
I'll admit I was worried, but I won't be long
C G
We're apart because you wouldn't swallow your foolish pride
A7 D7
See, you hurt me deep inside
[Verse 3]
G D7
But you're not the first to hurt me and you won't be the last
D7 G
I can't tell the future but I've learned from the past
C
As long as there's a cabaret
G C C# D7 G
I know relief... is just a swallow away
[Interlude]
G D7
D7 G
C
G C C# D7 G G7
[Bridge]
C G
Well, I look down the bar, and what do I see?
D7 G G7
Your sad face a-looking back at me
C G
Wishing you could turn time a few hours back
A7 D7
And get off that one-way track
[Verse 4]
G D7
Well, you want me to come over and I'll tell you true
D7 G
You're as close to me as I am to you
C
And that may still be too far away
G C C# D7 G
Because relief... is just a swallow away
How to play Relief Is Just A Swallow Away
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