Tabs
Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad
Words And Music By:
Jim Steinman
Tabbed By:
Caleb Pedercini
Piano Intro 12 sec
Ryth. Fig 1 (Acoustic Guitar)
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End Ryth. Fig 1
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Play Ryth Fig. 1 total of 2x over these verses (doubled by clean electric)
Baby we can talk all night
But that ain’t getting us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There’s nothing left inside of here
And maybe you can cry all night
But that’ll never change the way that I feel
The snow is really piling up outside
I wish you wouldn’t make me leave here (Fill 1)
Fill. 1
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D MajorD 
A augmentedA
I poured it on and I poured it out
D MajorD A augmentedA
I tried to show you just how much I care
D MajorD A augmentedA
I’m tired of words and I’m to hoarse to shout
G+G
But you’ve been cold to me so long
D MajorD 
E MajorE
I’m crying icicles instead of tears
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
And all I can do is keep on telling you
CHORUS
A augmentedA
I want you (I want you)
F#Maj
I need you (I need you)
D MajorD E MajorE 
C# minorC#m F#Maj
But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you
D MajorD F#Maj D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Now don’t be sad (Don’t be sad cause)
D MajorD E MajorE F#Maj
‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Now don’t be sad
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad
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D MajorD A augmentedA
You’ll never find your gold on a sandy beach
D MajorD A augmentedA
You’ll never drill for oil on a city street
D MajorD A augmentedA
I know your looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
G+G
But there ain’t no Coupe de Ville
E MajorE
Hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box
C#M
I can’t lie (I can’t lie)
D MajorD
I can’t tell you that I’m something I’m not
No matter how I try
C#M
I’ll never be able
To give you something
D MajorD E MajorE
Something that I just haven’t got
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Play w/Rhth. Fig 1
Now there’s only one girl that I will ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I’ll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back, ohh I know
Well I remember how she left me on that stormy night
Oh she kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away
D MajorD E MajorE
And she kept on telling me
D MajorD E MajorE
She kept on telling me
D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE
She kept on telling me
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CHORUS
A augmentedA
I want you (I want you)
F#Maj
I need you (I need you)
D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m F#Maj
But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you
D MajorD F#Maj D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Now don’t be sad (Don’t be sad cause)
D MajorD E MajorE F#Maj
‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad
A augmentedA
I want you (I want you)
F#Maj
I need you (I need you)
D MajorD E MajorE C# minorC#m F#Maj
But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you
D MajorD F#Maj D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Now don’t be sad (Don’t be sad cause)
D MajorD E MajorE F#Maj
‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Now don’t be sad
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad
(Band tacet, piano only)
Baby we can talk all night
But that ain’t getting us nowhere
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That’s all. Rock On!
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