[INTRO / CHORUS - BPM 107 - Capo IV* DONT BOTHER - No drums] If you change your mind [G] I'm the first in line Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D] me ... If you need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to go, if you're (drops 1/2 bar here - beat turns around) [G] (G becomes the 1 - play octaves) feeling down
If you're all alone [drums in] [G] when the pretty birds have flown Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D] me .... Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie If you put me to the test, if you [G] let me try
Take a [Am] chance on me .... [D] Take a [Am] chance on me .... [D]
[VERSE] [Am] We can go dancing, we can go walking .. As [G] long as we're together [Am] Listen to some music, maybe just talking [G] Get to know you better 'Cause you know I've got
[Em] so much that I wanna do [C] When I dream I'm alone with you, it's [Em] ma...gic([C][D]) [Em] You want me to leave it there, [C] afraid of a love affair .. But I think [Am] you know ...... [D] .. that I (D phrase is based on Dsus2 - approx D5 D5 Dsus2 Dsus2) [Am] can't let go ........ [D] (stop)
[CHORUS still getting these dropped half bars - follow melody] If you change your mind (drums back in) [G] I'm the first in line Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D] me .... If you need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to go, if you're [G] feeling down
If you're all alone [G] when the pretty birds have flown Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D]me .. Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie If you put me to the test, if you [G] let me try
Take a [Am] chance on me .... [D] Take a [Am] chance on me .... [D]
[VERSE] Oh you can [Am] take your time baby, I'm in no hurry [G] Know I'm gonna get you [Am] You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry [G] I ain't gonna let you Let me tell you now,
[Em] my love is strong enough [C] To last when things are rough, it's [Em] magic ([C][D]) [Em] You say that I waste my time, [C] but I can't get you off my mind No I [Am] can't let go [D] - 'cause I [Am] love you so [D]
[CHORUS - still getting these dropped half bars - follow melody] If you change your mind [G] I'm the first in line Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D] me .... If you need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to go, if you're [G] feeling down
If you're all alone [G] when the pretty birds have flown Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D] me Gonna do my very best .. baby cant you see If you put me to the test, take [G] a chance on me (take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on ... )
(no chords) Ba-ba-ba-ba [G] ba, ba-ba-ba-ba ba Honey I'm still free, take a chance on [D] m Gonna do my very best .. baby cant you see Gotta put me to the test, take a [G] chance on me
[Intro - Just bass drum - finger pick - 1 bar each- Capo 3 original key but not bother for live] [Bm][D][A][Em]
[Verse 1] I let it [Bm] fall, my [D] heart And as it [A] fell, you rose to claim .... [Em] it It was [Bm] dark and I was [D] over Until you [A] kissed my lips and you [Em] saved me My [Bm] hands, they're [D] strong but my [A] knees were far too weak [Em] To [Bm] stand in your [D] arms without [A] falling to your [A] feet
[Pre-chorus] But there's a [G] side to you that I [Em] never knew, never knew All the [Bm] things you'd say, they were [Bm] never true, never true And the [G] games you'd play, you would [A] always win, always win
[Chorus - Full drums - Play Bm full barre across all strings for maximum volume] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum or B B B S] When I [Bm] lay with [D] you I could [A] stay there, [Em] close my eyes feel you [Bm] here for ev [D] er You and [A] me together, nothing is [A] better
[Pre-chorus] But there's a [G] side to you that I [Em] never knew, never knew All the [Bm] things you'd say, they were [Bm] never true, never true And the [G] games you'd play, you would [A] always win, always win
[Chorus - Full drums] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] And I threw us [A] into the [A/B] fl [A] ames Well, it [Em] fell something died 'Cause I [Em] knew that [G] that was the last [Bm] time, the last [A] time
[Bridge - Drums On off off] Sometimes [G] I wake up by the [D/A] door .. That heart you [F#m] caught must be waitin' for [A] you .. Even now [G] when we're already o [D/A] ver .. I can't [F#m] help myself from looking for [A] ya a
[Chorus] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] And I threw us [A] into the [A/B] fl [A] ames Well, it [Em] fell something died 'Cause I [Em] knew that [G] that was the last [Bm] time, the last [A] time
[Outro - All chords 1 bar] Oo [Bm] oh, [Bm] oh.. [A] no, oh [A] Let it [Em] burn, oh [Em] oh [Bm] oh [A] Let it [Bm] burn [Bm] urn [A] urn … [A] Let it [Em] burn [Em] urn uh [Bm] urn [A] urn
