A A\Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2\A A A
Asus2 Asus2 A 4x
A Asus2 A
You think you're gonna take her away,
Asus2 A
with your money and your cocaine
Asus2 A
Keep thinking that mind is gonna change,
Asus2 A
but I know everything is o kay
G A
She's gonna listen to her heart
G A
It's gonna tell her what to do
E
She might need a lot of loving,
E7 A
but she don't need you
A A/Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2/A
Asus2 A
You want me to think that I'm being used,
Asus2 A
you want her to think it s over
Asus2 A
You can't see it doesn't matter what you do,
Asus2 A
buddy, you don't even know her
G A
She's gonna listen to her heart
G A
It's gonna tell her what to do
E
She might need a lot of loving,
E7 A
but she don't need you
G A
And you just can t creep up behind her
G A
And you can t understand that she s my girl,
E
she's my girl
A A\Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2\A A A\Asus2 Asus2 A
G A
She s gonna listen to her heart
G A
It's gonna tell her what to do
E
She might need a lot of loving,
E7 A
but she don't need you
A A\Asus2 Asus4 Asus4 Asus4\A 6x
A Asus4\A
C D Em D 4x
C D Em D C D Em D
All last summer in case you don't recall,
C D Em D C D Em D
I was yours and you were mine, forget it all
C D Em D
Is there a line that I could write,
C D Em D
sad enough to make you cry?
C D Em D C D Em D
All the lines you wrote to me were lies...
C D Em D C D Em D
Months roll past, the love that you struck dead,
C D Em D C D
Did you love me only in my head?
C D Em D
Well the things you said and did to me,
C D Em D
Seemed to come so easily,
C D Em D C D Em D
The love I thought I'd won you give for free...
C Em
Whispers at the bus stop,
D C Em
I heard about, nights out in the school yard,
D C D Em
I found out about you...
D C D Em D
I found out about you...
C D Em D C D Em D
Rumors follow everywhere you go,
C D Em D C D
then you left and I was last to know
C D Em D
Well you're famous now and there's no doubt,
C D Em D
all the places you hang out,
C D Em D C D Em D
they know your name and know what you're about...
C Em
Whispers at the bus stop,
D C Em
I heard about, nights out in the school yard,
D C D Em
I found out about you...
D C D Em D
I found out about you...
solo
C D Em D C D Em D
Street lights break on through the car window,
C D Em D C D
and the time too often on AM radio
C D Em D
Well you know it's all I think about,
C D Em D
I write your name, drive past your house,
C D Em D C D Em D
your boyfriend's over, I watch your light go out...
C Em
Whispers at the bus stop,
D C Em
I heard about, nights out in the school yard,
D C D Em
I found out about you...
D C D Em D
I found out about you...
C Em
Whispers at the bus stop,
D C Em
I heard about, nights out in the school yard,
D C D Em
I found out about you...
D C D Em
I found out about you...
D C D Em D C
I found out about you...
[Verse 1]
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of '69
[Verse 2]
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
A
I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1]
Bm A
Oh when I look back now
D G
That summer seem to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D – A
[Verse 3]
D
Ain't no use in complainin'
A
When you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A
And that's when I met you
[Chorus 2]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D A D – A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
[Bridge]
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
[Verse 4]
D – A D – A
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me it would last forever
Bm A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
[Outro]
D A D – A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
D – A (All the way to the end)
[Intro]
Bm C#m D E x2
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 A
Well, I spent a lifetime lookin' for you
D A E
single bars and good time lovers were never true
Dmaj7 A
playing a fool's game, hopin' to win
D A E E/D C#m Bm
and tellin' those sweet lies and losin' again
[Chorus]
A
I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places
C#m
lookin' for love in too many faces
D
searchin' their eyes
D
lookin' for traces
Bm C#m D E
of what I'm dreamin' of
A
Hoping to find a friend and a lover
C#m
I'll bless the day I discover,
D Bm E A
another heart, lookin' for love
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7 A
And I was alone then, no love in sight
D A E
I did everything I could to get me through the night
Dmaj7 A
I don't know where it started or where it might end
D A E E/D C#m Bm
I turned to a stranger just like a friend
[Chorus]
A
I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places
C#m
lookin' for love in too many faces
D
searchin' their eyes
D
lookin' for traces
Bm C#m D E
of what I'm dreamin' of
A
Hoping to find a friend and a lover
C#m
I'll bless the day I discover,
D Bm E A
another heart, lookin' for love
[Bridge]
D
And you came a knockin' at my heart's door
Bm C#m D E
you're everything I've been lookin' for
[Chorus]
A
There's no more lookin' for love in all the wrong places
C#m
lookin' for love in too many faces
D
searchin' their eyes
D
lookin' for traces
Bm C#m D E
of what I'm dreamin' of
A
Now that I found a friend and a lover
C#m
I bless the day I discovered
D Bm E A
you, oh you, lookin' for love
(It starts repeating and fading out at this point)
[Verse 1]
G G
You know I can be found, sitting home all alone,
C G
If you can’t come around, at least please telephone.
Am D G
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
[Verse 2]
G G
Baby, if I made you mad, for something I might have said,
C G
Please, let’s forget the past, the future looks bright ahead
Am D G G7
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
C D C D G
I don’t want no other love, baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
[Verse 3]
G G
Don’t stop thinking of me, don’t make me feel this way,
C G
Come on over here and love me, you know what I want you to say
Am D G G7
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
C D C D G
Why should we be apart, I really love you baby, cross my heart
[Verse 4]
G G
Let’s walk up to the preacher, and let us say I do,
C G
Then you’ll know you’ll have me, and I’ll know that I’ll have you
Am D G G7
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
[Verse 5]
C D C D G
I don’t want no other love, baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
N.C. Am D G
A don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
Am D G G7
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
C D C D G
I don’t want no other love, baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
INTRO
strum all strings up and down
B (x0220x)
E/B (x0020x)
VERSE
B
Well our hearts beat like thunder
E/B
I don’t know why they don't explode
B
You got your hands in my back pockets
E/B
And Sam Cooke’s singin’ on the radio
PRE-CHORUS:
G#m E
You say that I’m the boy
F#
Who can make it all come true
G#m E
Well I’m telling’ ya that I don’t know
F#
If I know what to do
CHORUS:
B G#m
You say that’s all right, hold tight
E F#
Well I don’t even know if I’m doin’ this right
B G#m
Well alright, hold tight
E F#
We could stay out all day, we could run around all night
B G#m
Well all night, all night
E
Well it’s time to go home
E (play VERSE RIFF)
And I aint even done with the night
VERSE:
B
Well I don’t know no good come-ons
E/B
And I don’t know no cool lines
B
I feel the heat of your frustration
E/B
I know it’s burnin’ you up deep down inside
PRE-CHORUS:
G#m E
You say that I’m the boy
F#
Who can make it all come true
G#m E
Well I’m telling’ ya that I don’t know
F#
If I know what to do
CHORUS:
B G#m
You say that’s all right, hold tight
E F#
Well I don’t even know if I’m doin’ this right
B G#m
Well alright, hold tight
E F#
We could stay out all day, we could run around all night
B G#m
Well all night, all night
E
Well it’s time to go home
E (play VERSE RIFF)
And I aint even done with the night
BRIDGE: G#m F# E G#m E F#
CHORUS:
B G#m
You say that’s all right, hold tight
E F#
Well I don’t even know if I’m doin’ this right
B G#m
Well alright, hold tight
E F#
We could stay out all day, we could run around all night
B G#m
Well all night, all night
E
Well it’s time to go home
E (fade out repeating chorus)
And I aint even done with the night
[Verse]
C Em Em G C
It's the time, of the season
When the love runs high
Em Em G C
In this time, give it to me easy
Em G
And let me try, with pleasured hands,
Em G
(To take you in the sun to) promised lands,
Em
(To show you everyone)
[Chorus]
Em D C G C6 E
It's the time of the season for loving
[Verse]
C Em
What's your name? (what's your name)
Em G C
Who's your daddy? (who's your daddy)
Em
(He s rich) Is he rich like me?
Em
Has he taken (has he taken)
Em G C
Any time (any time)
Em G
(To show) To show you what you need to live,
Em G
(Tell it to me slowly) Tell you why,
Em
(I really want to know)
[Chorus]
Em D C G C6 E
It's the time of the season for loving
[Verse]
C Em
What's your name? (what's your name)
Em G C
Who's your daddy? (who's your daddy)
Em
(He s rich) Is he rich like me?
Em
Has he taken (has he taken)
Em G C
Any time (any time)
Em G
(To show) To show you what you need to live
Em G
(Tell it to me slowly) Tell you why,
Em
(I really want to know)
[Chorus]
Em D C G Am E
It's the time of the season for loving
Em C
[Intro]
| A | G D | A | G D |
[Verse 1]
A G D A G D
Every time I look into your loving eyes
A G D E G
I see a love that money just can't buy
[Bridge 1]
A F#m C#m E
One look from you, I drift away
A F#m C#m E
I pray that you are here to stay
[Chorus]
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you want - you got it
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you need - you got it
A C#7 F#m D A/E | E | E |
Anything at all - you got it ba - by
[Verse 2]
A G D A G D
Every time I hold you I begin to understand
A G D E G
Everything about you tells me I'm your man
[Bridge 2]
A F#m C#m E
I live my life to be with you
A F#m C#m E
No one can do the things you do
[Chorus]
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you want - you got it
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you need - you got it
A C#7 F#m D A/E | E | E |
Anything at all - you got it ba - by
[Middle 8]
E
Anything you want (you got it)
E
Anything you need (you got it)
E
Anything at a-all
[Chorus]
(instrumental)
| A C#7 | F#m D | A C#7 | F#m D |
| A C#7 | F#m D | A/E | E | % |
[Bridge 3]
A F#m C#m E
I'm glad to give my love to you
A F#m C#m E
I know you feel the way I do
[Chorus]
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you want - you got it
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you need - you got it
A C#7 F#m D A/E | E | E |
Anything at all - you got it ba - by
[Chorus]
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you want - you got it
A C#7 F#m D
Anything you need - you got it
A C#7 F#m D A/E | E | E |
Anything at all - you got it ba - by
[Coda]
E
Anything at all (you got it)
E A A
Ba-by - you got it
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
Am F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
G D
Got to get back to my baby again
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C G F C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
G E E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C G F C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
G E E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F7
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
E7 Am
Because my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
C G F C G . . . .
[Verse]
B
I get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say
E
I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same way
C#m E C#m B
I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself
G#m B G#m F#
Hey there baby I could use just a little help
[Chorus]
F# E
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
C#m E C#m B
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
[Verse 2]
B
Messages keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place
E
I check my look in the mirror (mirror) I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
E C#m E C#m B
Man I ain't getting nowhere, I'm just living in a dump like this
G#m B G#m F#
There's something happening somewhere baby I just know there is
[Chorus]
F# E
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
C#m E C#m B
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
[Bridge]
G#m B E F# G#m
You sit around getting older, there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
B E F#
I'll shake the world off my shoulders, come on baby the laugh's on me
[Verse 3]
B
Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up all right
E
They say you gotta stay hungry, hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
E C#m E C#m B
I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
G#m B G#m F#
I need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look
[Chorus]
F# E
You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart
C#m E C#m
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
F# E
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
C#m E C#m B
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
B
Even if we're just dancing in the dark (x4)
A A7 A 2x
D D7 D
A A7 A
E E7 E
A A7 A
A A7 A A7
You say it's your birthday
A A7 A A7
It's my birthday too, yeah
D D7 D D7
They say it's your birthday
A A7 A A7
We're gonna have a good time
E E7 E E7
I'm glad it's your birthday
A A7
Happy birthday to you.
E
E
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
C
C G C
I would like you to dance (Birthday)
G C
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance (Birthday)
G C
I would like you to dance (Birthday)
G
Dance
A A7 A 2x
D D7 D
A A7 A
E E7 E
A A7 A
C
C G C
I would like you to dance (Birthday)
G C
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance (Birthday)
G C
I would like you to dance (Birthday)
G
Dance
A A7
A A7 A A7
You say it's your birthday
A A7 A A7
It's my birthday too, yeah
D D7 D D7
They say it's your birthday
A A7 A A7
We're gonna have a good time
E E7 E E7
I'm glad it's your birthday
A A7
Happy birthday to you.
A A7 A
Set8
[Intro]
(Probably one of the most recognizable 1-Bar intros of all time!)
Cowbell - Cowbell - Cowbell - SNARE!
Bsus - B
(Vamp above)
[Verse]
B G B
Everyone's watching to see what you will do
B G#m E
Everyone's looking at you... Oh
B G B
Everyone's wondering will you come out tonight?
B G#m E
Everyone's trying to get it right, get it right
[Chorus]
D G
Everybody's working for the weekend
D G
Everybody wants a new romance
D G
Everybody's going off the deep end
D G
Everybody needs a second chance, Whoa oh
Bsus B
You wanna piece of my heart?
Bsus B
You better start from the start
Bsus B
You wannna be in the show?
G
Come on baby, let's go!
[Interlude]
G D G D G D B
(riff)
[Verse]
B G B
Everyone's looking to see if it was you
B G#m E
Everyone wants you to come through
B G B
Everyone's hoping it'll all work out
B G#m E
Everyone's waiting, they're holding out!
[Chorus]
D G
Everybody's working for the weekend
D G
Everybody wants a new romance, hey yeah, hey-hey
D G
Everybody's going off the deep end
D G
Everybody needs a second chance, No-oh
[Bridge]
Bsus B
You wanna piece of my heart?
Bsus B
You better start from the start
Bsus B
You wannna be in the show?
G Bm G Bm
Come on baby, let's go!
G D G D G D B
Hey!(riff)
Bsus B
You wanna piece of my heart?
Bsus B
You better start from the start
Bsus B
You wanna be in the show?
Bsus B
Come on baby, let's go
Bsus B
You wanna piece of my heart?
Bsus B
You better start from the start
Bsus B
You wannna be in the show?
G
Come on baby, let's go!
G D G D G D B
(riff)
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