A                              D                E            A
She don't want nobody near but you can't get away from that
A                             D            E
They appear and disappear and they all get a string attached

[Chorus]
D       E                        C#m             D
Pretty soon they've got you hanging on the line
D       E                        C#m              D
Pretty soon they're singing one by one, the same old rhyme
D                                 E
They say, "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight"

[Verse]

She don't want nobody home cause it's a little too crowded then
But she don't want to be alone so they just keep pouring in

[Chorus]
D       E                       C#m             D
Pretty soon they've got her headed for the door
D             E                 C#m                      D
She comes home to find that they're not hanging 'round no more
D                                   E
She says, "I'm alright, you just can't get home tonight"

[Pre-Chorus]
D                 A                    C#m      D
Don't you wonder what she looks like in the light?

[Chorus]
D                                E                      A
She says "I'm alright; I just can't get home tonight"

[Bridge]
F#m7                          D/F#
Pretty white-washed lies, endless alibis
          C#m               D              E
And reasons that need cleaning every night
F#m7                   D/F#
Half a world away you can't wash away
C#m                                     D                         E
The stain of the deceiving and the things that you cannot believe

[Verse]

And well, she don't want no one around cause she don't want anybody to see
What she looks like when she's down cause that's a really sad place to be

[Chorus]
D       E                       C#m             D
Pretty soon she gets them crawling up the walls
 D              E                          C#m               D
Then she wonders why they beg her please to never call
             D       E                C#m              D
She says "I'm ok; it's alright, hey look who's on TV tonight"
D                               E                   A
She says, "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight"

[Pre-Chorus]
D                 A                    C#m      D
Don't you wonder why it's dark outside at night?

[Chorus]
D                        E                        A   F#m7
She says, "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight"
D                        E                        A
She says, "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight"

[Ending]

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D|---2-------2------------------|
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