Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
N.C.
One, two, three four
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
Scarlet burn, every light
Cm7/Eb Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6
Fever raged at night
Cm7Cm7 Cm7/Eb
Icy sweats and shaking, I thought that I would
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6
Die
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
She come to me, like a rock of ages
Cm7/Eb Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6
Slowly, but no mistaking here there
Cm7Cm7
Standing by, and then she look into me
Cm7/Eb F7F7
Then she look into my eyes
Chorus:
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
And she said, hey you, don't you hesitate
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Girl, why you be so shy?
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
You got your whole life waiting in front of you
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Don't let this chance slip by
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
La la la la la la la la
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
La la la la la la
Bb majorBb
You got the whole world waiting
Cm7Cm7
In front of you, you only fail if you
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Never try
Verse 2:
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
I close my eyes, and back I go
Cm7/Eb Bb majorBb
Sat on a knee when I was four
Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
Drinking tea out of my grandmother's cup
Cm7/Eb Bb majorBb
Oh we were poor, but we didn't know
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
See now, life it goes by in a blink
Cm7/Eb Bb majorBb
And I know that I drink for comfort
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
But me-e-e, I'm gonna straighten up
Cm7Cm7 Cm7/Eb F7F7
I'm gonna pull myself together, gonna hear her and remember
Chorus:
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
Hey now you, don't you hesitate
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Girl, why you be so shy?
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
You got your whole life waiting in front of you
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Don't let this chance slip by
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
La la la la la la la la
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
La la la la la la
Bb majorBb
You got the whole world waiting
Cm7Cm7
In front of you, you only fail if you
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Never try
Instrumental:
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7 Cm7/Eb
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7 Cm7/F
Bb majorBb Bb6Bb6 Cm7Cm7
Bridge:
Cm7Cm7
And then she look into me
Cm7/Eb F7F7
Then she look into my eyes
Chorus:
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
And she said, hey you, don't you hesitate
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Girl, why you be so shy?
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
You got your whole life waiting in front of you
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
Don't let this chance slip by
Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7
La la la la la la la la
Cm7/F Bb majorBb
La la la la la la
Bb majorBb
You got the whole world waiting
Cm7Cm7
In front of you, you only fail if you
F7F7 Bb majorBb
Never try