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The Band Was Playing Just For Me by Jon Fratelli

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Intro
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--7b8r---8b10~~~10r7----7----------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------9--7----7--6--------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------7s9--7-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|


Chord diagramD MajorD
You waved goodbye on the other side
  Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I said "Hello, why don't you ever leave me?"
Chord diagramD MajorD
But she crossed the room and she tried to hide
   Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
I said "I told you once. Why don't you believe me?"
Chord diagramD MajorD
And the pink light shined and knocked me blind
  Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
I said "Would you mind if I tried to make this easy?"
Chord diagramD MajorD
And she clenched her eyes and she rolled her fists
  Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
And she wondered out loud what it takes to please me

Chord diagramG+G
I was halfway to the door
       A(3rd fret)             Chord diagramD MajorD
And in the street, the band was playing just for me

Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA x 3
Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD

Riff played over (Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA)
e|--5--2-3-5--2-3-5--2-3-5--3-2-3-|-5--2-3-5--2-3-5--2-3-5--3-2-3-5--|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--7--5--7--8-----------------7--5--7--8---------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------7--6--7h9p7-----------------7--6----7----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chord diagramD MajorD
Well I once knew her like I knew me
 Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Nobody could see how she could own me
Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
In the room I was petrified and I tried
  Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
My best to hide how she could use me
Chord diagramD MajorD
In neon signs a hundred feet high
  Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
I no doubt live forever, she would want me
Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
And I was left in no such doubt and in
         Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
That one sweet moment, she would haunt me

Chord diagramG+G
And in my dreams and in my nightmares
   A(3rd fret)           Chord diagramD MajorD
The band was there, playing just for me

Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA x 3
Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD

Riff played over (Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA)
e|--5--2-3-5--2-3-5--2-3-5--3-2-3--5--2-3-5--2-3-5--2-3-5--3-2-3-5--|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD
e|--3---0---2------10--12--14--12--10-------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--0---2---3--------------------------12--10-----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--0---2---2-------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--0---2---0-------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2---0-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chord diagramD MajorD
I would die for you she cried
  Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
I tried not to decide how I would leave her
Chord diagramD MajorD
There was nothing left to tell myself
  Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
I wonder if I could believe her

Chord diagramD MajorD
No time to hide, no time to lie
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA           (and repeat for the rest of the song)
No time to watch the world pass me by
No time to grin, no time to choose
No time to chase the ghosts from my shoes
No time to win, no time to bawl
No time to creep and no time to crawl
No time for sleep, no time for sin
No time to lose, and nothing to win
No time for heroics, no time to feed
Nothing to confess, hard to concede
No time for sin, no time for love
Sex was a curse sent from above
No time to cry, no time to explain
Nothing to scream and no one to blame
No time for silence, no time at all
No time to fail, and nowhere to fall
No time to hide, no time to lie
No time to watch the world pass me by
No time to grin, no time to choose
No time to chase the ghosts from my shoes
No time to sleep, no time for sin
No time to lose and no time to win

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