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/ Intro /
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e|-------------- lead guitar --------------------------------------|
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/ Verse /
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e|--- after every "then what", this is the lead guitar riff --|
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Eb Ab
If someone told you there is no elegant way out of this, then what ??
Eb Ab
And if you're keeping this heart from coming completely apart, then what ??
Bb Ab
And if the rich are begging for more on the doorsteps of the poor, then what ??
Eb
Then what is it I've got ??
/ intro /
Eb Ab
If someone told you there is no elegant way out of this, then what ??
Eb Ab
Girl, and if you're the last thing that's keeping this heart from coming completely apart, then what ??
Bb Ab
And if in the warmth and rhythm of your skin I lost everything I could win, then what ??
Eb
Then what is it I've got ??
/ Chorus, both guitars play the intro twice /
Eb
I used to think that I, I used to think I had it all,
Ab
But that was long before I knew what a girl like you could do
Eb
I used to think that I, I used to think I had it all,
Ab
But that was long before I knew what girl like you could do
/ Bridge /
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B|------------- Rhythm guitar ---------------|
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Ab C Bb
And if the eyes that draw you in
Ab C Bb
Don't reveal anything
Ab C Bb
And if the soul that lay thin
Ab C Bb
Upon the sweat on your skin
Ab C Bb Ab C Bb
Retreated deep into your body again
Ab~
Well, what is it then, what is it then, what is it then ??
Then what is it I've got ??
/ Chorus /
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