Some Good Things Never Last chords by Barbra Streisand

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: AbAb

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Abadd9Abadd9 Dbadd9/Ab Db/Eb AbAb

Verse 1:
          AbAb            Db/Ab
It's three in the morning you're nowhere in sight,
        Db/Eb            AbAb
And all that I wanted was to be with you tonight.
            AbAb         Db/Ab
I've watched love get closer and then fade away,
        Db/Eb                  AbAb
I've seen you believe in me, I've seen you're trying to stay.

Chorus:
   Ab/C     Dbmaj7Dbmaj7  Eb/Db    Cm7Cm7  Fm7Fm7
But what good is holding on   when you know,
    BbM7Bbm7        Eb MajorEb    EbM7Ebm7 AbAb
That all you can think about is letting go.
        Dbmaj7Dbmaj7   Eb/Db     Cm7Cm7   Fm7Fm7
They say if you love someone  then set them free,
        BbmBbm    Ab/C
If they'll come back again then in the end,
DbDb         Db/Eb
 It was meant to be.

Verse 2:
          AbAb
I thought we were lovers,
         Db/Ab
I thought we were friends.
       Db/Eb             AbAb
I guess when reality steps in the dreaming ends.
         AbAb  Ab/C
We live for the future,
          DbDb
We learn from the past.
        Db/Eb               AbAb Ab/C
No matter how hard we try some good things never last.

Instrumental:
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Eb/Db Cm7Cm7 Fm7Fm7

Bridge:
  BbM7Bbm7        Eb MajorEb    EbM7Ebm7 Ab7Ab7
All you can think about is letting go.
        Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Be true to yourself my love,
    Eb/Db           Cm7Cm7 Fm7Fm7
That's all i ever wanted you to be.
    BbM7Bbm7
Just don't forget to smile,
AbAb       GbGb  Db/Eb
When you think of me.

Verse 3:
           AbAb
I've reached for the star,
          Db/Ab
I have got them in sight.
           Db/Eb
There's someone who really needs me,
         AbAb
Out there in the night.
         AbAb  Ab/C
We live for the future,
     DbDb
We will learn from the past.
        Db/Eb
No matter how hard we try,
            AbAb Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Some good things never last.

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