VERSE 1.
E D* A D | --- 5 --- 2 --- 0
One by one, drinks are gone, do I have to stay?
E D* A
Hate the sound of one more pound as it rolls away.
BRIDGE 1.
F#m D A
Why did I need your proof when I knew the truth?
CHORUS.
E D A
And I don’t know why I just let it slip by me all the time.
E
I just wish you’d have tried
VERSE 2.
E D* A D | --- 4 --- 5 --- 2 --- 0
I don’t want to know your game, let alone her name
E D* A
No matter what you say to me, we are not the same
BRIDGE 2.
F#m D A
Why do you make me cry, try to justify?
F#m D A
Don’t right your wrong with my mistakes, coz my head’s held high!
CHORUS.
E D A
And I don’t know why I just let it slip by me all the time, I just
E
wish you’d have tried.
E D A
And I don’t know why I just let it slip by me all the time, I just
E
wish you’d have tried.
E
Dreams we have as kids all fade away
G | - 5 -- 4 –- 2 - 0 ------------------- |
D | ------------------ 4 -- 5 – 4 -- 0 -- |
Now it’s not the same…
G | – 5 – 4 -- 2 – 0 -- 4 ---
(NOTE – on the live version, as a build up before the solo, all stringed instruments
bass, violins, etc) play this short riff –
G | -- 5 – 5 – 4 – 4 – 2 – 2 – 4 – 4 -- X5
CHORUS.
E D A
And I don’t know why I just let it slip by me all the time, I just
E
wish you’d have tried.
E D A
And I don’t know why I just let it slip by me all the time. I just
E
wish you’d have tried.
Yeah!
E E/A E E/A E E/A E (let ring)