Cm Ab Dm7-5 Cm G
F (G) G Gb F
They say some days you're gonna win,
G G Gb F
They say some days you're gonna lose.
G G Gb F
I tell you I got news for you
G
Your losin' all the time you never win
C E F Fm
If you believe that's how it's gonna be I'd better put you down
C E
Get off your tightrope up there come down on he ground
F
You gotta save me now,
Fm
You better turn around.
Am F Am D7
When I looked around, I was heading down.
C G Am C7 F E7 Am
Won't some - bo - dy throw me down a line.
When I looked around, I was heading down,
C G Am C7 F G Cm Ab Dm7-5 Cm G
Won't somebody throw me down a line.
I want to tell you how I really feel,
F G Gb
I can feel the wheels turnin' round,
Won't somebody throw me down a line
When I closed my eyes, I was so surprised
C G Am C7 F E7 Am D7
Somebody had thrown me down the line--stopped me drownin'
C G Am C7 F G Cm Ab Dm7-5 Cm G
Somebody had thrown me down the line
Dm7-5: xx0111
A Aj7
Hello--how are you
A7 A#dim Bm
Have you been alright, through all those lonely lonely lonely nights,
E Bm C#m
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything,
D E Aj7 Dj7
If you'd pick up that telephone.
A F#m D E
Doo wop etc. doo wah doo lang
A F#m D E
Blue days, Black nights, doo wah doo lang
A F#m
I look into the sky
D E
The love you see ain't gonna see you through
A F#m
And I wonder why
D E
the little dreams we had ain't coming true
A F#m D E6 E
Oh, oh, Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight
A F#m D E6 Fdim
Oh, oh, Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight
A#dim: x02323
Aj7: x02120
Dj7: xx0222
Fdim: xx0101
E6 : 022120
Intro: D Bm F#m A7
D
Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
G7 D
I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready,
A7
Wo, wo, wo, I'm ready
Bm F#m Em A7
And I'm really gonna rock tonight.
Em A
She's sweet on Wagner,
Em A
I think she'd die for Beethoven,
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,
D Bm F#m A7
D Bm F#m A7
Far, far away the music is playing.
D Em7/G
Well we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night,
Yea we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light,
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure,
D Bm F#m A7 DDDDDDDDD.8-)
But it's alright.
Bm
For many days we travelled from a distant place and time,
F#m
To reach a place they call the planet Earth,
G F#m
There was to be a celebration,
Bm A A G
On the mission of the sacred heart.
CHORUS
A G F#7
Watching all the days roll by
Bm Gm6
Who are you and who am I?
D D4 Gm6
e---2--3--2--0------0
h---3--3--------3----
Eb7 D7
When all the stars above
Eb7 D7 A7
Rain icy fingers down on me
Eb7: xx6564x
D7 : xx5453x
Intro: E C G D A (repeat)
E A E A
Two drifters on the morning sky,
E A E F#m
Two drifters sailing wide and high,
E F#m G#m F#m
When summer breezes blow across your mind,
E F#m B9 B
With you, I will walk the line.
CHORUS
C#m F#m
I want it so fine
C#m F#m
I want it so fine
C#m F#m Am E C G D A
I want it so fine
B9 224422
B 224442
C Cd C . . . G G
e --0---x-0 3-3
h --1---3-1 0-0
C Am
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic
Ab Fm
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin', it's magic
Em Dm
And you, and your sweet desire,
Em Dm Em F G
You took me, oh-oh, higher and higher, baby
C Am F
It's a livin' thing,
D7 G+ C
It's a terrible thing to lose
Am F
It's a given thing
D7 G+ C
What a terrible thing to lose.
Bbm F G
(Taking a dive) (halt the slide)
G+: xx1003
Em Emj7
All in the heat of the night
Em C7
Well when things ain't going right
B7-9 Em
No no no no no no no you will remember me
A
I came along to see your face,
F#+
But the only thing I got from you,
F# Bm
Was telling me it's fantasy,
G
That you would always be with me,
D
I can tell you that it's true
Dm7
(i can tell you that it's true yes it is true)
Dm7-5 C#m
I'm waiting here,
F# F#7
But it's alright yes it's alright
Bm7
It's alright with me,
D E
You better believe me now.
B7-9: x2122x
F#+ : 2x4332
Dm7-5:xx0111
D A G A
In this life I've seen everything I can see woman,
D A G A etc.
I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun,
And I've seen pigs all sitting watching, picture slides
G
But I never seen nothing like you.
D A G GA
D A G G A
Do ya do ya want my love
Do ya do ya want my face
D A
In the country where the sky touches down
G4 G
On the field, she lay her down to rest
D Fd Gd
A E
Sitting here, waiting for,
F#m C#m
Someone calling at my door,
D Bm7-5 A
Too bad, I'm getting out of love.
CHORUS
A D
My Shangri-la has gone away,
C#m7 Gj7
Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
A D
She seemed to drift out on the rain
C#m7 Gj7
That came in somewhere softly from the blue
Bm7-5 E6 A Aj7
I'm getting out of love (where is my Shangri-La?)
Bm7-5: x23230
Gj : 320002
E6 : 022120
Copyright (c) 1976 United Artists Music LTD. and Jet Music Incorporated.
