Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get

Chords

Standard

C, Em7, F, G, C

C                             Em7                
I've got my eye on top shelf liquor,
Am                       
With taste so smooth it 
F
Hits you quicker. 
G                        C
But you've only got the well. 

C                                 Em7
And I've got an eye for top tier women
Am                                      F 
With legs so long they go straight to heaven, 
G                               C
But this old bunch looks like hell. 

     Am          F         C      G
But tonight I'll take what I can get. 

C                           Em7
I'd like to hear a great musician 
Am                               F
With strange ideas and grand ambition, 
G                                     C
But this guy, he's got trouble with chords. 

C                                   Em7
And I'd like to leave this game a winner 
Am                              F
Head held high, the luck of beginners 
G                                         C
But this old losers crawling out on all fours. 

     Am          F         C      G
But tonight I'll take what I can get. 
Am       
Well this drink will do, 
F
And girl you look all right, 
C                                         G
And this band is playing like hell tonight. 

Am
These dice are loaded 
F
And lord I am too 
C                                   G
 I might be losing but I'm leaving soon. 

Am
With the prettiest girl 
F
To enter this dump, 
C                                                 G
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum 
      Am           F       C     G
And tonight I'll take what I can get 

 Am           F       C      G
Tonight I'll take what I can get

C                                   Em7
I've got my sights on brand new beginnings 
Am                                 F
Brand new starts make saints of sinners 
G                            C
But I'm doomed to live in my past 


C                                  Em7
Live nude girls says the sign out front,
Am                                   F 
But old dead dreams are dancing in front, 
G                                    C
Of old dead dreamers with washed up luck, 
Buying love for cash 

     Am          F           C     G
Well tonight I'll take what I can get. 

C                              Em7
This old story gets stale and dry, 
Am                      F
No matter how I try and try
G                             C
To spin this fable Fresh and new 





C
You strung me along 
Em7
Like a tease on prom night 
Am                            F
Getting me loose but Leaving me uptight 
G                            C 
Please tell me that, Some of that love was true. 

   Am           F       C     G
Tonight I'll take what I can get 

Am                             
Well this drink will do, 
F
And girl you look all right, 
C                                     G
And this band is playing like hell tonight. 

Am
These dice are loaded 
F
And lord I am too 
C                                  G
I might be losing but I'm scoring soon. 

Am
With the prettiest girl 
F
To enter this dump, 
C                                                G
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum 

        
        Am          F                C     G
And tonight I'll take what I can get.