Originally in Gb, I play in G
Intro
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| Oooh | → | yeah | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she look so f | ine | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could it be she | might be mine | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she be so c | ool | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | D |
| I’ve been t | aken for fool | so many times, | hey |
| Em | Am |
| It’s a st | ory of a man |
| C | Em | |
| Who w | orks as hard as he can just to be a man who stands on his o | wn |
| Em | Am |
| But the bo | ok always burns |
| C | G | |
| As the sto | ry takes its turn, and leaves a broken m | an |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she be so c | ool | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she be so | fine | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| I owe a fa | vor to a | friend | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | D |
| My friends | they always come th | rough for me yeah |
| Em | Am |
| It’s a st | ory of a man |
| C | Em | |
| Who w | orks as hard as he can just to be a man who stands on his o | wn |
| Em | Am |
| But the bo | ok always burns |
| C | Em | |
| As the sto | ry takes its turn, and leaves a broken m | an |
| Em | Am |
| If you could | only live my life |
| C | Em | Am | C |
| You could see the difference you make to | me, | to | me |
Bridge
| D | Em | |
| I’d lo | ok right up at ni | ght |
| G | D |
| And all I’d see was dar | kness |
| D | Em | |
| Now I se | e the stars alri | ght |
| G | D |
| I wanna reach right up and gr | ab one for you |
| D | Em | |
| When the lig | hts went down in your ho | use |
| G | D |
| Yeah that made me ha | ppy |
| D | Em | |
| The sw | eat I made for y | ou |
| G |
| Yeah I think you know where that comes from, guitar come on |
Solo
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| → | → |
Bridge (again)
| D | Em | |
| Well I’d lo | ok right up at ni | ght |
| G | D |
| And all I’d see was dar | kness |
| D | Em | |
| Now I se | e the stars alri | ght |
| G | D |
| I wanna reach right up and gr | ab one for you |
| D | Em | |
| When the lig | hts went down in your ho | use |
| G | D |
| Yeah that made me ha | ppy |
| D | Em | |
| The sw | eat I made for y | ou |
| G |
| I think you know where that comes from |
I swear he says something more like “so goase” here
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she look so | good | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she be so fi | ne | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D |
| How could she be so co | ol | → |
| G | Gmaj7 | Bmadd4 | C | C | D7 |
| How could it be she mi | ght be mine | → |
| G |