Compassion chords by Todd Rundgren

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:

D/G  A/G  Gadd2  A/G  Gadd2  A/G  D/G   A/G  Gadd2  A/G  Gmaj7  Am7

Verse 1:

    Bm7  D/C G/C   D/C   Bm7
You want more, and still more
Em7       C   G/C  D/C  G/C Cadd2  D/C  D/G  D/A  Gadd2 A/G  Gmaj7 Am7
Until you get more than you ev  -  er   bargained for
    Bm7  D/C  G/C     D/C Bm7
Now it's plain, clear as rain
Em7            C/A G/A D/A G/A  Dsus4 D  G
I've seen your symptoms many   times  before

Pre-Chorus 1:

Cm(maj7) Cm7 Eb/F Ebsus2/F  Bb  Bbmaj7
Ly   -   ing on   your      bed of pain
Am7       C/D Bm/D Gmaj7  Am7
What will you have now?

Chorus 1:

Bm7      Cmaj7    D/C       Cmaj7   D/C  C  D/G Gmaj7  D/G
What are riches untold in a life without compassion?
    Em      D  Cmaj7     D/C
For there's no winter as cold
     Cmaj7   D/C  C  D/G Gmaj7  D/G
As a life without compassion
        Em D  Cmaj7            D/C
There's no prescription that's sold
         Cmaj7  D/C    C  D/G  A/G Gadd2  A/G  Gmaj7 Am7
That can heal you like compas   - sion

Verse 2:

     Bm7 D/C G/C   D/C Bm7
Well you tried and you cried
Em7            C  G/C   D/C  G/C  Cadd2 D/C D/G A/G Gadd2  A/G  Gmaj7  Am7
Don't let your disap  - pointment make you hard inside
     Bm7   D/C G/C   D/C  Bm7
You have doubt, you reach out
Em7              C/A  G/A D/A G/A Dsus4 D  G
Still you're the on - ly one you care   about

Pre-Chorus 2:

Cm(maj7) Cm7 Eb/F Ebsus2/F  Bb  Bbmaj7
Hid   -  ing in   your     sack of woe
Am7     C/D Bm/D Gmaj7  Am7
What do you need now?

Chorus 2:

    Bm7      Cmaj7      D/C
For there is nothing so sad
     Cmaj7  D/C   C  D/G Gmaj7  D/G
As a life without compassion
    Em D Cmaj7           D/C
And even love has turned bad
       Cmaj7   D/C  C  D/G Gmaj7  D/G
It was love without compassion
    Em  D     Cmaj7         D/C
And you don't need what you had
           Cmaj7 D/C    C  D/G  A/G Gadd2  A/G  Gmaj7 Am7
'cause you did not have compas   - sion

Pre-Chorus 3:

Cm(maj7) Cm7 Eb/F Ebsus2/F  Bb  Bbmaj7
Dy   -   ing on   your      bed of pain
Am7     C/D Bm/D Gmaj7  Am7
What will you have now?

Chorus 3:

       Bm7    Cmaj7         D/C
You'll get no judgment from me
      Cmaj7  D/C     C  D/G Gmaj7  D/G
I can on - ly   feel compassion
Em  D  Cmaj7           D/C
And if that's what you need
       Cmaj7  D/C  C  D/G Gmaj7  D/G
I will give you my compassion
      Em   D  Cmaj7     D/C
Just don't forget about me
          Cmaj7  D/C    C  D/G  A/G Gadd2 A/G Gadd2 Gmaj7
'cause we all need some compassion

Outro:

Am7  Bm7     Cmaj7  D/C
Open up your heart
           Cmaj7 D/C     C  D/G  Gmaj7  D/G Em
So you can start to feel compassion
D          Cmaj7       D/C
Get down on your knees
        Cmaj7 D/C  C  D/C Gmaj7  D/G
Pray to heaven for compassion
Em    D    Cmaj7 D/C
Yeah, yeah
     Cmaj7 D/C   C   D/G Gmaj7  D/G   Em D
Everybody   needs compas    -   sion

Cmaj7 D/C   Cmaj7 D/C  C D/G Gmaj7   D/G  Em D  Cmaj7 D/C   Cmaj7 D/C  C D/G Gmaj7   D/G  Em D