[Verse - Full drums - Guitar staccato and muted] I went [A] searching for the [G] truth But in my [Em] innocence I [A] found All the [A] con men and their [G] acrobats Who [Em] stomped me in the [A] ground If I [A] count up their [G] percentages I [Em] know they're getting [A] rich But t [A] hey haven't taken [G] everything Those [Em] paybacks are a [A] bitch (Asus 2 figure)
[Prechorus - climb is A A/B C - chords more open] Though I've [C] lost quite a lot I am [G] still in control They can [C] keep what they've got But they [A] can't have my soul (stop)
[Chorus - 8th notes on strumming] And if [D] I don't [G] have this [A] all worked [D] out Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer [D] I still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer (stop)
[Verse] What was [A] (back in) ripped off by [G] professionals Is [Em] not all that it [A] seems While I [A] must live up to [G] contracts I did [Em] not give up my [A] dreams (Asus 2 figure + drums stop) If I [A] see it as [G] experience It [Em] hasn't gone to [A] waste Lately [A] all the missing [G] pieces Have been [Em] falling into [A] place
[Prechorus - Climb up figure A A/B C] And if [C] I could go back and start [G] over somehow I would [C] not change that much Knowing [A] what I know now (stops)
[Chorus - 8th notes strumming] Thought there [D] have been [G] sins I [A] will [D] regret Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer I [D] don't have [G] all the [A] answers [Bm] yet But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[Solo 1] G F F G x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A) A G Em A x 4 (play chords higher up to change) (stop)
[Verse] I'm a [A] mark for every [G] shyster From [Em] Topanga to [A] Berlin And I [A] should have learned to [G] kick them out As [Em] soon as they crawled [A] in So to [A] every bank in [G] Switzerland That [Em] stores my stolen [A] youth I'm a [A] lright because [G] despite the laws You [Em] cannot hide the [A] truth
[Prechorus] And [C] although you will say I am [G] still too naive Well I [C] have not lost faith In the [A] things I believe
[Chorus] And if [D] I don't [G] have a this [A] all worked [D] out Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer I [D] still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt But I'm [D] still [G] getting [A] closer, [D] getting closer
[Solo 2] G F F G x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)
[Outro] A G Em A x 4
[Solo 1 Phrase] E 3-3-3-------------------- B 3-3-3-------6---------- G -----5p3---5------------- D --------5s7--------------- A ----------------------- E -----------------------
[Verse 1] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... where there's [Am7] music and there's [G] people who are [Am7] young and a [G] live [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] any [Fmaj7] more.... [C] ... [G]
[Verse 2] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... because I [Am7] want to see [G] people and I [Am7] want to see [G] lights [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] Oh, [Fmaj7] please don't drop me [C] home be [G] cause it's not [Am7] my home, it's [G] their home and I'm [Am7] welcome no [G] more [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Verse 3] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... oh take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] And in the [Am7] darkened [G] under [Am7] pass I [G] thought Oh [Fmaj7] God, my chance has come at last [C][G]
(but then a [Am7] strange fear g [G] ripped me and I [Am7] just couldn't a [G] sk) [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Verse 4] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] Just [Am7] driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] I haven't [Fmaj7] got one..... [C] .. [G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Outro] [Am7] There is a [G] light and it [Am7] never goes [G] out [Fmaj7] There is a light and it [C] never goes [G] out