Tonight Ill Take What I Can Get

C, Em7, F, G, C

C                             Em7
I've got my eye on top shelf liquor,
Am
With taste so smooth it
F
Hits you quicker.
G                        C
But you've only got the well.

C                              
And I've got an eye for top tier 
   Em7
women
Am                                
With legs so long they go straight
      F
 to heaven,
G                               C
But this old bunch looks like hell.

     Am          F         C  
But tonight I'll take what I can 
    G
get.

C                           Em7
I'd like to hear a great musician
Am                         
With strange ideas and grand 
      F
ambition,
G                                 
But this guy, he's got trouble 
    C
with chords.

C                                 
And I'd like to leave this game a 
  Em7
winner
Am                        
Head held high, the luck of 
      F
beginners
G                                 
But this old losers crawling out 
        C
on all fours.

     Am          F         C  
But tonight I'll take what I can 
    G
get.
Am
Well this drink will do,
F
And girl you look all right,
C                                 
And this band is playing like hell
        G
 tonight.

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Am
These dice are loaded
F
And lord I am too
C                                 
 I might be losing but I'm leaving
  G
 soon.

Am
With the prettiest girl
F
To enter this dump,
C                                 
She drank all of the whiskey but 
                G
she left me the rum
      Am           F       C     G
And tonight I'll take what I can get

 Am           F       C      G
Tonight I'll take what I can get

C                             
I've got my sights on brand new 
      Em7
beginnings
Am                            
Brand new starts make saints of 
     F
sinners
G                            C
But I'm doomed to live in my past


C                               
Live nude girls says the sign out 
   Em7
front,
Am                                
But old dead dreams are dancing in
   F
 front,
G                                 
Of old dead dreamers with washed 
   C
up luck,
Buying love for cash

     Am          F           C    
Well tonight I'll take what I can 
 G
get.

C                              Em7
This old story gets stale and dry,
Am                      F
No matter how I try and try
G                             C
To spin this fable Fresh and new





C
You strung me along
Em7
Like a tease on prom night
Am                            F
Getting me loose but Leaving me 
uptight
G                            C
Please tell me that, Some of that 
love was true.

   Am           F       C     G
Tonight I'll take what I can get

Am
Well this drink will do,
F
And girl you look all right,
C                                 
And this band is playing like hell
    G
 tonight.

Am
These dice are loaded
F
And lord I am too
C                               
I might be losing but I'm scoring 
   G
soon.

Am
With the prettiest girl
F
To enter this dump,
C                                 
She drank all of the whiskey but 
               G
she left me the rum


        Am          F          
And tonight I'll take what I can 
      C     G
get.