John Hiatt - Only the song survives
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From the album Crossing Muddy Waters
I play this with my 3rd and 4th fingers constantly on the 3rd fret of the high E and B strings,
the only exception being the D/F# in the chorus which I prefer like a regular D with an additional
thumb on the 2nd fret of the low E string.
Intro: G C G x3
I wGoke her up twice in the miCadd9ddle of the night
To ask what her name is and where G/Bshe mG/Aight lGive
To ask how many fingers she sCadd9aw in this light
To ask if she might know what gG/Bives G/A G
She said we rolled that Camaro, like a coCadd9wboy cigarette
Out on the highway in a puddle oG/Bf beeG/Ar G
That's just about how close to deCadd9ath you're gonna get
Till the only thing standing is G/Bfear G/A G
Singing, Goh darling, fD/F#aces were chGanged
The nCames of the innocent, the G/Bstory G/Aat fiGve
Oh darling, fD/F#aces get stGrange
But oCnly the song survG/Bives G/A G
Ah D/F#ha____G_
She said, now don't you remember they put a Cadd9patch on your eye
Like Dread Pirate Roberts, you looked so G/BunplaG/Anned G
They cut off my wedding ring and you sCadd9tarted to cry
A one-eyed Niagara Falls G/Bman G/A G
Singing, Goh darling, fD/F#aces were chGanged
The nCames of the innocent, the G/Bstory G/Aat fiGve
Oh darling, fD/F#aces get stGrange
But oCnly the song survG/Bives G/A G
Ah D/F#ha____G_
(Instrumental solo)
I said, but I never married, I Cadd9said with surprise
And is this the diamond you said tG/Bhat yG/Aou losGt
It was under my eyelids when they fCadd9lushed out my eyes
Hell and I don't know what the thinG/Bg cosG/At G
Singing, Goh darling, fD/F#aces were chGanged
The nCames of the innocent, the G/Bstory G/Aat fiGve
Oh darling, fD/F#aces get stGrange
But oCnly the song survG/Bives G/A G
Singing, Goh darling, fD/F#aces were chGanged
The nCames of the innocent, the G/Bstory G/Aat fiGve
Oh darling, fD/F#aces get stGrange
But oCnly the song survG/Bives G/A G
Ah D/F#ha____G_
(Outro)