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        Simple Minds is a Scottish rock band which achieved its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the South Side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s. Simple Minds has secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being their #1 worldwide hit single &quot;Don't You (Forget About Me)&quot;, from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club and #3 worldwide hit single &quot;Alive and Kicking&quot;. The band has sold more than 40 million albums since 1979. 

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E                          D           
Won't you come see about me, 
A                   D
I'll be alone. Dancing you know it baby
E                    D                                      
Tell me your troubles and doubts, 
A                                D
giving me ev'rything inside and out  
E                             D                        A                                                D
Love's strange,so real in the dark, think of the tender things that we were working on
E                             D                    A                              D
Slow change may pull us apart, when the light gets into your heart baby
 
Chorus:
E                       D               
Don't you 
                             A
forget about me
D
Don't, don't, don't, don't
E                      D               
Don't you
                             A
forget about me
 
 
C                                          G
Will you stand above me? look my way, never love me
D                                                            A
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling, down, down, down
C                                      G
Will you recognize me? Call my name or walk on by
D                                                            A
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling, down, down, down
 
 
E                D                         A                            D
Don't you try and pretend, it's my beginning, we'll win in the end, oh
E                    D                                  A         D
Harm you or touch your defences, vanity, insecurity.
E               D                           A                  D
Don't you forget about me, I'll be alone. Dancing you know it baby
E              D                      A                        D
Going to take you apart, I'll put us back together at heart baby
 
Chorus:
E                    D               
Don't you 
                             A
forget about me
D
Don't, don't, don't, don't
E                   D               
Don't you 
                             A
forget about me
 
 
D                         E       D
As you walk on by,
                           A
Will you call my name
D                        E
As you walk on by,
D                         A
Will you call my name
D                              E                
When you walk away
D                                A
Oh will you walk away

Don't You (forget About Me)

Am G                   D G
    Hey, hey, hey ,hey  
Am G D G
Ohhh...
Am G D G
Am            G
Won't you come see about me?
D              G
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby

Am      G
Tell me your troubles and doubts
D                    G
giving me everything inside and out and
Am               G
Love's strange so real in the dark
D                          G
Think of the tender things that we were working on

Am          G
Slow change may pull us apart
D                   G
When the light gets into your heart, baby

Am        G            D
don't You Forget About Me
G
don't Don't Don't Don't
Am        G            D        G
don't You Forget About Me

F
Will you stand above me?
C
Look my way, never love me
G
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
D
Down, down, down

F
Will you recognise me?
C
call my name or walk on by
G
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
D
down, down, down, down


Am G                   D G
    Hey, hey, hey ,hey  
Am G D G
Ohhh...
Am G D G
Am               G
don't you try to pretend
D               G
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
Am                 G
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
D          G
Vanity and security

Am               G
don't you forget about me
D              G
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Am       G
going to take you apart
D                         G
I'll put us back together at heart, baby

Am        G            D
don't You Forget About Me
G
don't Don't Don't Don't
Am        G            D       G
don't You Forget About Me

G              Am
as you walk on by
G                D
Will you call my name?
G              Am
as you walk on by
G                D
Will you call my name?
G             Am          G         D
When you walk away

G                Am
Or will you walk away?
G                D
Will you walk on by?
G                 Am
come on - call my name
G               D
Will you all my name?


I say :
Am          G         D        G
La la la...

Don't You  (forget About Me)

Em D                   A D
    Hey, hey, hey ,hey  
Em D A D
Ohhh...
Em D A D
Em            D
Won't you come see about me?
A              D
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby

Em      D
Tell me your troubles and doubts
A                    D
Giving me everything inside and out and
Em               D
Love's strange so real in the dark
A                          D
Think of the tender things that we were working on

Em          D
Slow change may pull us apart
A                   D
When the light gets into your heart, baby

Em        D            A
Don't You Forget About Me
D
Don't Don't Don't Don't
Em        D            A        D
Don't You Forget About Me

C
Will you stand above me?
G
Look my way, never love me
D
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
A
Down, down, down

C
Will you recognise me?
G
Call my name or walk on by
D
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
A
Down, down, down, down


Em D                   A D
    Hey, hey, hey ,hey  
Em D A D
Ohhh...
Em D A D
Em               D
Don't you try to pretend
A               D
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
Em                 D
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
A          D
Vanity and security

Em               D
Don't you forget about me
A              D
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Em       D
Going to take you apart
A                         D
I'll put us back together at heart, baby

Em        D            A
Don't You Forget About Me
D
Don't Don't Don't Don't
Em        D            A       D
Don't You Forget About Me

D              Em
As you walk on by
D                A
Will you call my name?
D              Em
As you walk on by
D                A
Will you call my name?
D             Em          D         A
When you walk away

D                Em
Or will you walk away?
D                A
Will you walk on by?
D                 Em
Come on - call my name
D               A
Will you all my name?


I say :
Em          D         A        D
La la la...

Don't You Forget About Me

#Intro (D) (E) (D) (A) (D) (E)

(E)Won't you come (D)see about me 
(A)I'll be alone (D) Dancing you know it baby
(E) Tell me your (D) Troubles and doubts 
(A) Giving me everything (D) Inside and out 

(E) Love's strange so (D) real in the dark
(A) Think of the tender things (D) that we were working on
(E) Slow change may (D) Pull us apart
(A) When the light gets (D) Into your heart baby

(E) Don't you (D) Forget about me (A) Don't don't don't don't
(E) Don't you (D) Forget about me (A)
      #2x

(C) Will you stand above me (G) Look me way, never love me
(D) Rain keeps falling rain keeps falling (D) Down, down, down
(C) Will you recognize me (G) Call my name or walk on by
(D) Rain keeps falling rain keeps falling (D) Down, down, down

The prom scene in the 1986 John Hughes moviePretty In Pink was shot to this song, which might explain why the dancing doesn't follow the music of the song that was used: If You Leave by OMD. Speaking with Songfacts Andy McCluskey of OMD explained: &quot;The song had to be 120 BPM cos that's the tempo of 'Don't You Forget about Me,' which is the track they actually shot the prom scene to. Unfortunately, the editor obviously had no sense of rhythm because they are all dancing out of time in the final film.

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

Sorry I couldn't figure out the chords in the original song, nor in the Kris Allen version, but here's what I wrote

Intro: Dm, Bb, Dm, C
 
Dm
In the night I hear 'em talk,

Bb
The coldest story ever told,

Dm
Somewhere far along this road

C
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?

Dm, Bb, Dm, C (it continues like this for the rest of the song, the rest is just the lyrics)

How could you be so,
Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo
Just remember that you talking to me yo
You need to watch the way you talking to me you know
I mean after all the things that we been through
I mean after all the things we got into
And yo I know of some things that you ain't told me
And yo I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back
And you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend
Well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?


How could you be so Dr. Evil
You're bringing out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't gonna speak so why we up 3 a.m. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me for, homie I don't know she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up cause I already know how this thing goes,
You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see,
You'll never find nobody better than me

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?


Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk,
Baby lets just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
and you can't make it right
Im gon' take off tonight
Into the night...

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?

Heartless

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
G G G G G G G C D D C G G G C D D C G

G                        G    C    D
You think it's fair, to walk right up
D                 D   C   G
Take my life and fuck it up
G                      G     C     D
I don't care if every drops been drunk
D                      D    C    G 
I don't care it every wars been won

Second verse same

G
Oh, you think you're dangerous
G
Oh, so very dangerous
G
Oh, I think you're special
G
Oh, so very special

(pause)

G                        D   C  D
So why'd you have to go fuck it up
D                      D   C  G
Why'd you have to go fuck it up
G                        G   C  D    
Seems you always gotta fuck it up
D                       D    C  G                
So why'd you always go fuck it up


Repeat all that, then

G     C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G   
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G    
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D     C  G
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G
Fuck it up

Fuck It Up 

C          F        C   F
It would be so easy 
C         F          C    F
to sing a song about you
C          F        C   F
It would be so easy
C         F                     C  F
To sing a sobby pink song about you


Am            G             C
I would spend three or four lines
(C)
On describing your eyes
Am           G                  C
And then the next three or four lines
(C)                     Am
On the dimples of your smile
(Am)             C
And then I would tell the world
(C)                       Am
About the way you hold my hand
    G            C
And they would
(C)                
They would understand


C  F  C  F x 2


C        F        C     F
It is so, so easy
C             F         C   F
To sing this song about you
C        F        C          F
What you are is inside of me
C        F
Could easily be
C        F
Could easily be
C          F
Could be expressed through
                G              C
This sobby pink song about you


Am            G             C
I would spend three or four lines
(C)
On describing your eyes
Am           G                  C
And then the next three or four lines
(C)                     Am
On the dimples of your smile
(Am)             C
And then I would tell the world
(C)                       Am
About the way you hold my hand
    G            C
And they would
(C)              Am
They would understand
              G     C      Am
And they would understand
              G     C     Am
And they would understand
              G     C     Am
And they would understand


Am            G             C
I would spend three or four lines
(C)
On describing your eyes
Am           G                  C
And then the next three or four lines
(C)                     Am
On the dimples of your smile
(Am)             C
And then I would tell the world
(C)                       Am
About the way you hold my hand
    G            C
And they would
(C)              Am
They would understand

Song No. 6

Intro: E - A - E - A


E                   A
Tú endulzas mi canción
                   E
Le das un buen sabor,
               A
a cada situación
         E  A  E  A
Siempre Tú

  E                   A
¿Quién podría ser mejor?
                 E
Contigo sale el sol
                A
Sazonas mi interior, siempre


E
Se derrite el corazón
     F#m       A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
     F#m             A       B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                    A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
    E             B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E            A
Uuh uh uh uh uh
E             A
uuh uh uh uh uh



E                  A
Tú, tú mi inspiración
               E
Receta de pasión
                A
Amor sin condición, siempre



E
Se derrite el corazón
    F#m        A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
    F#m              A      B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     C#m
Oh oh oh oh oh

                 A
Una probada y nomás
                   C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                 A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  C#m
Así me quiero quedar
                 A
Una probada y nomás
                  C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                  A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  F#m       B7
Así me quiero quedar, Contigo


E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E    A    E     A    E

Chocolate

[Intro]
C          Em                  Am              F
Feels like,  I'm standing in a timeless dream
  C         Em               Am    F
A light mist   of pale amber rose
C          Em              Am            F
Feels like,  I'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent
Am       G            F
Touching,  discovering you


[Verse 1]
C           Em                  Am              F
Those days,  of warm rains come rushing back to me
         C        Em              Am   F
Miles of windless,   summer night air
       C       Em             Am              F
Secret moments,   shot in the heat of the afternoon
           C        Em             Am     F
Out of the stillness,   soft spoken words


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you


[Verse 2]
C         Em                       Am             F
You've got,  the most unbelievable blue eyes I've ever seen
C         Em                   Am    F
You've got, me almost melting away
      C        Em                      Am           F
As we lay there,   under a blue sky of pure white stars
          C        Em             Am    F
It's like sweetness,  and magical time


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you


[Bridge]
C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

I Love You Always Forever

(Intro)
D  A 

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
D                    G
My girl's name is Senora
  D                    A
I tell you friends, I adore her
    D                    G
And when she dances, oh brother!
         D     		  A
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Chorus)
  D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
  D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D                 G
You can talk about Cha Cha
 D                  A
Tango, Waltz, or de Rumba
 D                     G
Senora's dance has no title
     D
You jump in the saddle
  A
Hold on to de bridle!

 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Rock your body, child!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Somebody, help me!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time (Whoa)
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line (Yep)
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D                 G
Senora, she's a sensation
 D                A
The reason for aviation
 D                      G
And fellas, you got to watch it
       D                       A
When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a rocket!

 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Hoist those skirts a leetle higher!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Up the chim-en-y!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa oh oh oh!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D              G
Senora dances Calypso
 D                   A
Left to right is de tempo
     D                   G
And when she gets the sensation
       D                    A
She go up in the air, come down in slow motion

(Chorus)
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Somebody, help me!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whooooa!

(Outro)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     
Work, work, work, Señora!!

Jump In The Line

C    Em  Am         F     C      G
Wise men say, only fools ruuuush in 
    F  G    Am    F          C      G    C
But I can't help falling in loooove with you
C     Em Am            F     C     G
Shall I stay, would it beeee aaaaa sin 
   F  G    Am    F          C      G       C
If I can't help falling in loooove wiiiith you


Bridge:
Em            B7      Em            B7
Like a river flooows, surely to the sea
Em             B7      Em         A7            Dm G
Darling so it goeeees, some things are meant to be


C    Em  Am            F       C   G  
Take my hand, take my whooole life too
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you


REPEAT BRIDGE


C    Em  Am            F       C   G  
Take my hand, take my whooole life too
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you

Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Am                              Am
       In a Manner of speaking 
                     Am/G
I just want to say
                    Am/G                 F
That I could never forget the way
                      Dm
You told me everything
                  E7/G#
By saying nothing

Am                              Am
        In a manner of speaking
                  Am/G
I don't understand
                  Am/G                           F
How love in silence becomes reprimand
                            Dm
But the way that i feel about you
     E7/G# 
Is beyond words

  Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                    E7/G#
That tell me nothing
Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                   E7/G#
That tell me everything

In a manner of speaking
Semantics won't do
In this life that we live we live we only make do
And the way that we feel
Might have to be sacrified
So in a manner of speaking
I just want to say
That just like you I should find a way
To tell you everything
By saying nothing.

O give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me nothing
O give me the words...
Give me the words
Give me the words

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