Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC
Verse:
G+G C majorC
You're comin' tonight
G+G C majorC
To my hometown
G+G
I've been to yours many times before
D MajorD C majorC
And it's always been a thrill
Verse:
G+G C majorC
We'll stay in our hotel
G+G C majorC
Or at friends nearby
G+G
We haven't spent the night together in this town
D MajorD G+G
Since Nineteen seventy-nine
D MajorD C majorC
Not such a long time
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
I can steal a melody of
G+G C majorC
This, I am allowed
A minorAm
'Cause you would never sue me, baby
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD C majorC
It wouldn't look good, it'd be weird
Verse:
G+G C majorC
Have a drink after the show
G+G C majorC
I might really want to know
G+G
But everything you say I oppose
D MajorD G+G
I blame it on my whole
D MajorD C majorC
It's just my role
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
I can steal a melody of
G+G C majorC
This, I am allowed
A minorAm
'Cause you would never sue me, baby
B minorBm C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
It wouldn't look good, it'd be weird
Bridge:
C majorC G+G C majorC
And I spend my time trying to forget you
G+G
With booze and smoke from cigarettes and dope
C majorC G+G
And I, I only seem to forget myself
D MajorD C majorC
It's only you that is left___
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
I can steal a melody of
G+G C majorC
This, I am allowed
A minorAm C majorC
'Cause you would never sue me, baby
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
I can steal a melody of
G+G C majorC
This, I am allowed
A minorAm
'Cause you would never sue me, baby
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
It wouldn't look good, it'd be weird
C majorC D MajorD
It'd be weird
C majorC D MajorD C majorC
It'd be weird
Outro:
G+G C majorC
You're comin' tonight
G+G
To my hometown