The Gambler

A Love Song Collection

Country Classics

Number Ones

This Is Country

Daytime Friends - The Very Best Of Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. Kenny Rogers graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston.  Although he has been very successful, charting more than 60 top 40 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 100 individual weeks in the United States alone, many still consider him a vastly underrated artist.

Ruby (Don't take your love to town)
                                                               
C                                         F                  G      Dm
You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair
C                          F             G
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
    Dm                              G7                 Dm
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down 

   C          F  / Am /  Dm    (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - 
                        C
Don't Take your love to town

   Dm                              C
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
    Dm                          F         G
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
    Dm                              G7                Dm   
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be

   C          F  / Am /  Dm           (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - - -
                                      C
I still need some company.

C                                      F            G        Dm
It?s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
        C                                        F         G
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize
       Dm                                  G7                  Dm
But it won't be long I?ve heard them say until I?m not around

   C          F  / Am /  Dm    (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - 
                        C
Don't Take your love to town

(No Chords)
She's leavin now cos I heard the slammin of the door

The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before

       Dm                          G7                        Dm
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

   C          F  / Am /  Dm    (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - 
                        C
Don't Take your love to town

   C          F  / Am /  Dm           (Stop)
Oh Ru - - - - by - - - - - - - - -

(Spoken) 
For God sakes turn around!

Ruby (don't Take Your Love To Town)

G                     C
All my life was a paper, Once plain, pure and white
         G                            G
Till you moved with your pen, changin' moods now and then
        C
Till the balance was right
          G                      C
Then you added some music, ev'ry note was in place
        G                        G                  C
And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on my face

    G    C                  G    C   B7          Em                     
And you.... decorated my life....., created a world where dreams are 
    D
apart....
    G    C                 G  C    B7              Em                     
And you.... decorated my life..., By paintin' your love all over my 
  Am   D
heart...

You decorated my life

*Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song
There was no harmony life meant nothin' to me, until you cam along
And you brought out the colors, what a gentle surprise
Now I'm able to see all the things life can be shinin' soft in your eyes

You Decorated My Life

C F C

C                             C6      C
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
                            C6         C7
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
      F                                     C  
I was soft inside there was something going on.

C                             C6      C
You do something to me that I can't explain
                     C6      C7         F                
Hold me closer and I feel no pain every beat of my heart
                       C           
We got something going on.

C              Fmaj7
Tender love is blind
              F
It requires a dedication.
Fm
All this love we feel needs no conversation.
   C                C6 C
We ride it together uh huh
       C                    C6 C
Making love with each other ah hah.

C
Islands in the stream
C6      F
That is what we are
Dm                        G
No one in between how can we be wrong?
      C           C6  F
Sail away with me to another world
         C                C6 C
And we rely on each other ah hah
         Dm               C6 C
From one lover to another ah hah.


I can't live without you...

Islands In The Stream

Fmaj7                          E7
Unforgettable, that's what you are
Gm7                           D9sus4
Unforgettable, though near or far
Cm7            Ebm7                   Bbmaj7
Like a song of love that clings to me
         Ab7           G7
How the thought of you does things to me
C9               Am7          C9
Never before has someone been more

Fmaj7                   E7
Unforgettable, in every way
Gm7                                 D9sus4
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
Cm7                  Ebm7            Bbmaj7
That's why, darling, it's incredible
      Ab7       G7
That someone so unforgettable
C9               F             Bb --- C# 7
Thinks that I am unforgettable too



C#9             Am#7        C#9 -- D7
Never before has someone been more...
Gmaj7                   F# 7
Unforgettable, in every way
Am7                                 F9sus4
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
Dm7                  Fm7             Cmaj7
That's why, darling, it's incredible
      Bb7       A7
That someone so unforgettable
Dm7             Fm7   G7       C-- Cmaj7
Thinks that I am unforgettable

Unforgettable

E-A-Gbm-B

E                        A
You're not meant to be alone
Gbm 
I'll share your dream 
Gbm                             E
I'll show you love you've never known 
Dbm                        Gb
Two flames together in the deep of the night 
               E
I'm up in your love 
                      A
Close by you when you call 
Gbm
I'll take my stand 
Gbm                           E
One chance to make or lost it all 
Dbm                      Gb
This time my journey to wherever you are 
               E         A
I sail on your river so far 
             E           B
My love we'll never be found 
       B
If you believe 

       E         A          E
We got eyes that see in the dark 
        A         E             Gb         B
And the power of love lives for making you mine 
            E        A         B
And in the light of close investigation 
      E     A       B             E
Is it only my imagination? I got you 


Moonlight shining on your face...

We got eyes that see in the dark...

          A
...I got you
          A         B            A
Like the eagle that flies in the sun 
         A           B      A            E
I'll be lost in your fire before we are done 
Gbm
And the view from my window is brighter 
Gbm
Born to be all you need 

       E          A          E
We got eyes that see in the dark...

Eyes That See In The Dark

Coward of the County

vs. 1
C                           F             C
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
                                                   G
He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
C                             F                     C
His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him yellow
                                   G             C
Something always told me they were reading tommy wrong

vs. 2 chord prog. simile
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.
I looked after Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son.
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
"Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun".


Chorus. 1
C                     F                  C
Promise me son not to do the things I've done
F              C                G
Walk away from trouble if you can
    C                                F              C
Now it don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
  C                 F            G
I hope you're old enough to understand
F                 G             C
You don't have to fight to be a man


vs. 3
C#                               F#               C#
There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky
                                             G#
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man
C#                                F#               C#
One day while he was workin', the Gatlin Boys came callin'
                                             G#                  C#
They took turns at Becky (spoken in disgust) there were three of them.

vs. 4 chord prog. simile
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'.
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture.
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again:

Chorus 2
C#                    F#                 C#
Promise me son not to do the things I've done
F#             C#             G#
Walk away from trouble if you can
    C#                               F#             C#
Now it don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
                    F#           G#
I hope you're old enough to understand
F#                G#            C#
You don't have to fight to be a man

vs. 5
D                                           G               D
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the bar room
                                                A
One of the got up and hit him halfway cross the floor
D                                    G                   D
Tommy turned around they said, "Hey, look!  Ol' Yellow's leavin'!"
                                           A                      D
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.

vs. 6 chord prog. simile
Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him.
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all.
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'.
He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall.
And I heard him say,

chorus 3
D                          G                    D
I promised you Dad, not to do the things you've done
     G              D            A
I'll walk away from trouble if I can
    D                                       G                     D
Now Please don't think I'm weak, I couldn't turn the other cheek
                     A
Papa I sure hope you understand
    G               A                   D
sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

D                           G             D
Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.

Coward Of The County

Capo 1st Fret


     D                          G/D             D
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
                                                     A
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
   D                               G/D           D
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
     G/D              D   A               D
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.


         D                             G/D              D
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
                                                             A
and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
       D                               G/D               D
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
      G/D           D            A             D
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."


     D                           G                  D
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
                                              A
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
        D                                G                 D
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
                 G                    D             A                D
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.


           D                     G             D
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G            D                          A
know when to walk away and know when to run.
          D     Em/A D                 G              D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
                 G          D        A                 D
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

[Slide capo to 2nd fret]


D                            G             D
Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
                                                  A
is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
       D                         G              D
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
        G                 D              A           D
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."


    D                               G                       D
And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
                                           A
crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
    D                             G                 D
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
    G            D                A                D
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.


           D                     G             D
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G            D                          A
know when to walk away and know when to run.
          D     Em/A D                 G              D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
                 G          D        A                 D
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

[Repeat chorus once and end]

Gambler

Em                            A               Em  
I woke up this morning with the sundown shining in 
  Em                                     B7  
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within 
  Em                            G                   A 
I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high, I tore my mind on a jagged sky 
  Em                 B7                       Em 
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in  
 
(yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) 
 
  Fm                  Bb                        Fm 
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in 
  Fm                                              C7 
I watched myself crawling out as I was a-crawlin' in 
      Fm            Ab                 Bb 
I got up so tight I couldn't unwind, I saw so much I broke my mind 
  Fm                 C7                       Fm 
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in  
 
(yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) 
 
    F#m                B                                F#m 
Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a "dead end" sign 
         F#m                                         C#7 
I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind 
      F#m                       A                   B
Eight miles outta memphis and I got no spare, eight miles straight up downtown somewhere 
   F#m               C#7                       F#m 
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in  
         F#m                C#7                       F#m
I said I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)

|C        |       |             |
In a bar in To-ledo ac-ross from the depot on a
|             |            |G7    |
bar stool she took off her ring
  |Dm             |         |G7
I thought i'd get closer so I walked on over I
|Dm          |G7       |C      |
sat down and asked her name
|        |              |           |
When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no
|             |            |C7      |F      |
quitter but I finally quit livin on dreams
    |G7        |            |         |
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm
|          |        |          |C
after what-ever the other life brings

|C     |        |           |         |
In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him I
|              |             |G7      |
thought how he looked out of place
|       |Dm          |       |G7              |
He came to the woman who sat there be-side me he
|Dm           |G7         |C       |
had a strange look on his face
    |              |            |
The big hands were calloused he looked like a
|              |        |C7           |F      |
mountain for a minute I thought I was dead
    |G7        |           |
But he started shaking his big heart was
|           |             |         |C
breaking he turned to the woman and said

|C           |            |           |F
You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille
     |           |              |           |C     |
with four hungry children and a crop in the field
|F            |         |                  |
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
|              |             |C
this time your hurting won't heal
|            |G7          |           |C      |
you picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille.

|C       |         |          |         |
After he left us I ordered more whisky I thought how she'd
|             |G7     |
made him look small
|        |Dm           |             |G7       |
From the lights of the bar room to a rented ho-tel room we
|Dm            |G7        |C      |
walked without talking at all
|         |          |             |
She was a beauty but when she came to me she
|                 |C7         |F      |
must have thought I'd lost my mind
|G7        |                 |          |
I could'nt hold her 'cos the words that told her kept
|           |          |C
coming back time after time

|C           |            |           |F
You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille
     |           |              |           |C     |
with four hungry children and a crop in the field
|F            |         |                  |
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
|              |             |C
this time your hurting won't heal
|              |G7          |           |C      |
you picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cille.

Lucille

 Verse:- D,D  G D G D G A - D,D  G D G D A D
 Ch:- D,D G  D  G  D G A -  D,D G D G D A D 



 D                           G              D
One  summer's evenin, on a train bound for Georgia
 G              D               G                  A
met up with a gambler, We were both too tired to sleep.
   D                                 G              D
So we took turns to steer, out the window at the darkness
       G          D             A           D
till boredom over-took us then he began to speak.

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces          
knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my sayin' I can see you're out of aces;
for a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle, and he drank doen my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got a little quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said If you're gonna play the game boy, you gotta learn to play it
right.

             D                      G            D    
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.
G             D             G            A
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
           D                             G              D
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
            G                D       A                 D
Ther'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."

(...)

Intro: G Em Am D7 Bm Em 
D7

  G                     B7                       Em
I can't remember when you weren't there,
G7                  C         D7             Bm
When I didn't care for anyone but you.
D7  G                                 B7                    Em
I swear we've been through everything there is,
                     G                    C
Can't imagine anything we've missed
                     Bm Em        C                    D7
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do.

1st Chorus:
                    Bm
Through the years
       Em                 Am
You never let me down,
            D7                     Bm
You've turned my life around.
        Em                      Am
The sweetest days I've found
                       D7
I've found with you.
                    Bm
Through the years
       Em               Am
I've never been afraid,
       D7                        Bm
I've loved the life we've made
        Em                      C                           Am
And I'm so glad I've stayed right here with you
D7                G
Through the years.


G-B7-Em
I can't remember what I used to do,
G7-C-D7-Bm
Who I trusted, who I listened to before.
D7-G-B7-Em
I swear you've taught me everything I know
G-C
I can't imagine needing someone so.
Bm
But through the years it seems to me
Em-C-D7
I need you more and more

2nd Chorus:
Bm
Through the years,
Em-Am
Through all the good and bad,
D7-Bm
I knew how much we had,
Em-Am
I've always been so glad to be with you.




D7
Through the years
Em-Am
It's better everyday,
D7-Bm
You've kissed my tears away,
Em-Am
As long as it's okay, I`ll stay with you
D7-G
Through the years.

3rd Chords:
                   C#m
Through the years
          Fm                    Bm
When everything went wrong,
    E                    C#m
Together we were strong,
   Fm               Bm                       E
I know that I belong right here with you
                    C#m
Through the years
  Fm              Bm
I never had a doubt
          E                       C#m
We'd always work things out.
       Fm                          D                 Bm
I've learned what love's about by loving you
E              A
Through the years.
Repeat Chorus 3....

Through The Years

&quot;The Gambler&quot; is the title track to Kenny Rogers' 1978 album The Gambler which won him the Grammy award for best male country vocal performance in 1980.[1] Bobby Bare had recorded the song earlier that same year in his album BARE CBS KC35314 (1978). The song was written by Don Schlitz who had recorded it previously, and had charted at #65 on the country charts with it. It was one of five consecutive songs by Rogers to hit #1 on the Billboard country music charts.

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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