[Verse - E D A D] [E] Won't you come [D] see about me? [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Tell me your [D] troubles and doubts [A] Giving everything [D] inside and out and [E] Love's strange, so [D] real in the dark [A] Think of the tender things [D] that we were working on [E] Slow change may [D] pull us apart [A] When the light gets [D] into your heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me
[Middle Eight - C G D A] [C] Will you stand above me? [G] Look my way, never love me [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down [C] Will you recognize me? [G] Call my name or walk on by [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down, down
[Verse - E D A D] [E] Don't you [D] try and pretend [A] It's my feeling we'll [D] win in the end [E] I won't harm you or [D] touch your defenses [A] Vanity and se [D] curity, ah [E] Don't you for [D] get about me [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Going to [D] take you apart [A] I'll put us back to [D] gether at heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name?...........[D] ....As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name? .....[D] When you walk away
[Stop - then just bass drum - E D A D] [E][D][A][D] Or will you walk away? [E][D][A][D] Will you walk on by? [E][D][A] Come on, call my [D] name [E] Will you call my [D] name? [A] (drum fill starts here) [D]
[Drum fill - more strumming chords as opposed to snare roll] E--- D--- A--(AAAA) DDDDD D D BBBB BBBB BBBB B S BBS BSS [Outro - Big fill - Drums back in - E D A D] I say la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la (repeat until end) [End]
[Notes] Chorus - E at 7th fret - drone low then D at 2nd but play high A, then A at 9th 0 10 9 11 0 - drum fill to Middle 8 Slap hands on guitar to get volume - perhaps combine with fingers Middle 8 - C C (run down 3 2 0) G D A (move up neck to emulate keys - 333 567 10911)
[Big Fill] final RR is hard slap on sound board both hands bottom right - left hand comes across when A played Count 1 2 3 on bass drum and start roll before 4 --RLRLRLR-RLRLR-RLBBS-B-B 3---4---1---2---3---4---1 ------------------I-saywhola
During chorus play snare with no chord and the chord on upbeat for those pushes/stabs C to D section in chorus play Snare + Bass then chord with upstroke to get offbeat BPM 86 [Intro - run during C chord 32010 3x010 32010 3x210] (lifting finger off the B on A string helps emphasise the higher D) | G D | C | G D | C |
[Verse 1] [G] I don't [D] know where I'm [C] going, [C/G?] [G] but I [D] sure know where I've [C] been. [C/G?] [G] Hanging on the [D] promises in [C] songs of yesterday. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] And I've made up my min [D] d [Am] I ain't wasting no more [D] time.... [C] ..... [D] . [Verse 2] [G] Though I keep [D] searching for an [C] answer, [C/G?] [G] I never seem to f [D] ind what I'm looking f [C] or.. [C/G?] [G] Oh Lord, I [D] pray you give me s [C] trength to carry on. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] 'cause I know what it mean [D] s to [Am] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Verse 3] [G] I'm just another [D] heart in need of [C] rescue... [C/G?] ....... [G] waiting on [D] love's sweet chari [C] ty..... [C/G?] .... [G] And I'm gonna [D] hold on for the [C] rest of my days. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime. But [C] here I [D] go a [Em] gain, [Am] here I go ag [Em] ain. [Am] Here I go ag [Em] ain, [Am] ooooh baby.. [Am] .... [C] ... [D] .
[Solo] | G D/G | C/G | G D/G | C/G | | G D/F# | C/E C G/B|
[Pre-chorus] [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... (fade out)