(intro 4x) CEmFCEmF
Just a minute 'fore you leave, girl,
CEmF
just a minute 'fore you touch the door.
CEmF
What is it that you’re tryin' to achieve, girl?
CEmF
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
Dm
You know, the streets are filled with vipers,
Dm
who’ve lost all ray of hope,
G
you know, it’s not even safe no more
G7
in the palace of the pope.
CEmFCEmF
Don’t fall apart on me tonight, I just don’t think that I can handle it.
CEmFDmEm
Don’t fall apart on me tonight, yesterday’s just a memory,
FGG7
tomorrow’s never what it’s supposed to be, and I need you, yeah.
CEmF
Come over here from over there, girl,
CEmF
sit down here, you can have my chair.
CEmF
I can’t see us goin’ anywhere, girl,
CEmF
the only place open is a 1000 miles away and I can’t take you there.
Dm
I wish that I’d been a doctor,
Dm
maybe I’d’ve saved some life that’d been lost,
G
maybe I’d’ve done some good in the world
G7
'stead of burnin’ every bridge I crossed.
CEmF
I ain't too good at conversation, girl,
CEmF
so you might not know exactly how I feel.
CEmF
But if I could, I’d bring you to the mountain top, girl,
CEmF
and build you a house made out of stainless steel.
Dm
But it’s like I’m stuck inside this painting,
Dm
that’s a-hangin’ in the Louvre,
G
my throat starts to tickle and my nose itches,
G7
but I know that I can’t move.
CEmF
Don’t fall apart on me tonight,
CEmF
I just don’t think that I could handle it,
CEmF
don’t fall apart on me tonight.
DmEm
yesterday’s gone, but the past lives on.
FGG7
tomorrow's just one step beyond, and I need you, yeah.
FC
Who are these people that are walkin’ towards you ?
FC
Do you know them, or will there be a fight?
FC
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through,
FC
can they tell you what’s wrong from what’s right ?
FC
Or do you remember St. James St.
FC
where you blew Jackie P.'s mind,
FC
he was so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
FGG7
and laid his life on the line.
( CEmF ) (2x)
CEmF
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl,
CEmF
no more booby traps and bombs, no more decadence and charms,
CEmF
no more affection that’s misplaced, girl,
CEmF
no more mud-caked creatures lyin’ in your arms.
Dm
What about that millionaire
Dm
with the drumsticks in his pants,
G
he looked so baffled and so bewildered,
G7
when he played and we didn’t dance.
CEmF
Don’t fall apart on me tonight,
CEmF
I just don’t think that I can handle it.
CEmF
Don’t fall apart on me tonight,
DmEm
yesterday’s just a memory,
FG
tomorrow’s never what it’s supposed to be,
G7GG7
and I need you, yeah, you, ah, I need you!
( CEmF ) (10x)