For The Sake Of The Song chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

"For the Sake of the Song," Townes Van Zandt, from Live at the Old Quarter CD


A augmentedA              D MajorD          A augmentedA
Why does she sing sad songs ...
              D MajorD             A augmentedA
to tenderly bring her soft ...
E MajorE                                      A augmentedA
to see my way clear and it's plain...
E MajorE


                                      A augmentedA
I can lay down a tear for her pain, ...

D MajorD                    A augmentedA
What does she ...
D MajorD                      E MajorE
she says that she ....
     D MajorD         A augmentedA
I suppose that ...
    D MajorD          E MajorE            D MajorD     A augmentedA
and on she goes to say I ...

chorus:
E MajorE                                   A augmentedA
Maybe she just has to sing, ...
E MajorE                                     A augmentedA
and who do I think that I am ....

She'd like to think that I'm .....

Oh my sorrow is real even though I ....

Oh does she actually think .....

chorus

Nothin's what it seems, maybe she'll ....

Oh but it's only to herself that ....

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