Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb None will level on the line nobody offered his word."
[Verse 2] Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
[Verse 3] Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb All along the watchtower, princes kept the view Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Outside in the cold distance a wildcat did growl, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
[Chords used] Ab Bb Cm e|-4---6---8--| B|-4---6---8--| G|-5---7---8--| D|-6---8---10-| A|-6---8---10-| E|-4---6---8--|
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Guitar part D-------3-------3----3 A-3-h-5---3-h-5---3h5-- X 2 (last 3h5 is faster) E---------------------
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] only true in [G] fairy tales Meant [G] for someone [D] else but not for me [G] [C] Love was out to [G] get me (hammer on G from 333333 to simulate vocals below) [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus - OPEN CHORDS] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in (Drum pattern B S x S) [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] more or less a [G] givin' thing [G] Seems the more I gave, [D] the less I got [G] [C] What's the use in [G] tryin'? [C] All you get is pain. [G] [C] When I needed [G] sunshine, I got [D7] rain.
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Vamp G to D] Simple G x x x D x x x - G x D x - G x D x - Repeat (More complex - GxGx xxFx DxDx DxFx Gxxx Dxxx Gxxx DxFx)
[Part of Verse] [C] Love was out to [G] get me [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Chorus - Higher vocal - repeat to fade] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C]
