Compassion chords by Todd Rundgren

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:

D/G A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G D/G  A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7

Verse 1:

  Bm7Bm7 D/C G/C  D/C  Bm7Bm7
You want more, and still more
E minor 7Em7    C majorC  G/C D/C G/C Cadd2Cadd2 D/C D/G D/AD/A Gadd2 A/GA/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
Until you get more than you ev - er  bargained for
  Bm7Bm7 D/C G/C   D/C Bm7Bm7
Now it's plain, clear as rain
E minor 7Em7      C/AC/A G/AG/A D/AD/A G/AG/A Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
I've seen your symptoms many  times before

Pre-Chorus 1:

Cm(maj7) Cm7Cm7 Eb/FEb/F Ebsus2/F Bb majorBb Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Ly  -  ing on  your   bed of pain
Am7Am7    C/DC/D Bm/D Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
What will you have now?

Chorus 1:

Bm7Bm7   Cmaj7Cmaj7  D/C    Cmaj7Cmaj7  D/C C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
What are riches untold in a life without compassion?
  E minorEm   D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7   D/C
For there's no winter as cold
   Cmaj7Cmaj7  D/C C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
As a life without compassion
    E minorEm D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7      D/C
There's no prescription that's sold
     Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  C majorC D/G A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
That can heal you like compas  - sion

Verse 2:

   Bm7Bm7 D/C G/C  D/C Bm7Bm7
Well you tried and you cried
E minor 7Em7      C majorC G/C  D/C G/C Cadd2Cadd2 D/C D/G A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
Don't let your disap - pointment make you hard inside
   Bm7Bm7  D/C G/C  D/C Bm7Bm7
You have doubt, you reach out
E minor 7Em7       C/AC/A G/AG/A D/AD/A G/AG/A Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
Still you're the on - ly one you care  about

Pre-Chorus 2:

Cm(maj7) Cm7Cm7 Eb/FEb/F Ebsus2/F Bb majorBb Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Hid  - ing in  your   sack of woe
Am7Am7   C/DC/D Bm/D Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
What do you need now?

Chorus 2:

  Bm7Bm7   Cmaj7Cmaj7   D/C
For there is nothing so sad
   Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
As a life without compassion
  E minorEm D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7      D/C
And even love has turned bad
    Cmaj7Cmaj7  D/C C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
It was love without compassion
  E minorEm D MajorD   Cmaj7Cmaj7     D/C
And you don't need what you had
      Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  C majorC D/G A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
'cause you did not have compas  - sion

Pre-Chorus 3:

Cm(maj7) Cm7Cm7 Eb/FEb/F Ebsus2/F Bb majorBb Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Dy  -  ing on  your   bed of pain
Am7Am7   C/DC/D Bm/D Gmaj7Gmaj7 Am7Am7
What will you have now?

Chorus 3:

    Bm7Bm7  Cmaj7Cmaj7     D/C
You'll get no judgment from me
   Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C   C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
I can on - ly  feel compassion
E minorEm D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7      D/C
And if that's what you need
    Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
I will give you my compassion
   E minorEm  D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7   D/C
Just don't forget about me
     Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  C majorC D/G A/GA/G Gadd2 A/GA/G Gadd2 Gmaj7Gmaj7
'cause we all need some compassion

Outro:

Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7   Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C
Open up your heart
      Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C   C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G E minorEm
So you can start to feel compassion
D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7    D/C
Get down on your knees
    Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/C Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G
Pray to heaven for compassion
E minorEm  D MajorD  Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C
Yeah, yeah
   Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  C majorC  D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7 D/G  E minorEm D MajorD
Everybody  needs compas  -  sion

Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7  D/G E minorEm D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C  Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7  D/G E minorEm D MajorD