Em A Em

Are you coming

A Em A Em A

Did you turn up for the ride

Em A Em

We’ll go far

A Em A Em A

As long as you’re by my side

Go the distance

Take the turns along the way

With your hand

We won’t stop all night and day

C D

I want to take you...

Em A Em A

As far as you can go

Em A Em A

All the way along that road

C D Em C

Till you’ve made it to the depths of my soul

Em A Em A

As far as you can go

Wear me out

With the power of your stride

Just hold on

And I’ll always be your guide

I can take you...

C D

This must be some kind of magic

C D

I’m flying with my feet off the ground

C D

We’ll never come back down

C D

When I take you...

G D Am7 C

When I saw you dancing there

G D C D

And you gave me a smile

G D Am7 C

I thought my stars were in

G D C D

And I’d stay a while

When you gave me your name

And I gazed into your eyes

I thought I just maybe might

Be your kind of guy

G D Am7 C

I might as well have fallen

Em C D C

For an angel

G D Am7 C

Yeh I might as well have fallen

Em C D C

For an angel

Now I see you around

You’re nice to everyone you meet

They all think the same as me

That they’re the only one you see

And your holding his hand

Someone I could never be

So I might as well pack my bags

Disappear on an endless sea

Em D

Don’t wait for a happy ending

Am7

Like in a West Coast flick

Em D

This is what happens all the time

Am7 Bm7 C D

Don’t you know life can be a bitch

A cold nose and a wet tongue

Never did no good for anyone

Fidelity never won a prize

In the competition for a flash of your eyes

Chorus:

It’s a Dog’s life

Yeh It’s a dog’s life

For you and me

An eager eye and a sense of fun

Never counted for nothing when all’s said and done

I could fight for you to the death

But it wouldn’t be worth a single breath

Whatever happened yeh whatever happened

To dignity

What do I need to do

To arouse a microsecond of your pity

An early death and an unmarked grave

Nothing to thank for all the offerings I made

You can get another any day

And life is always gonna be this way

C Am

I want to walk with you

Em F

Across rain soaked fields your hand in mine

C Am

Stop at quaint teashops

G

And gaze into your eyes

I want to stay in small hotels with you

And laugh and talk all night

Learn your little secrets

And tell you why you’re special to me

Em Am

I want memories of you

F G

Which can never die

Em Am

Memories of your soft face

G F9

Lying next to mine

I want to be somewhere with you

And share rollups under a tree

Sing Neil Sedaka while we’re waiting

Hand in hand

I want to make a love that’s perfect

Which can last a lifetime long

And to know i won’t ever need

To make more compromise

I want to walk with you

Across rain soaked fields your hand in mine

Look at the black sky

And know you’re with me

E F#m7

I told you secrets

A B E F#m7 A B

Things only for your ears

E F#m7

Bared my lonely soul

A B E F#m7 A B

Let you know all my wants and fears

D F#m7

How could I know

G Em

That you’d betray my trust

D F#m7

Steal my words

G A

Turn pillars of truth to dust. And

D Em A Bm

Loose lips sink ships

D Bm G A

This heart is on a rocky shore

D Em A Bm

Loose lips sink ships

G D G A

You gave away everything our love was fighting for

I thought I knew you

You seemed to be on my side

I gave you everything

How could I know you’d lie

You whispered something

Careless talk costs lives

Just a smile from your face

And a wink from your eyes. And...

F#m7 C#m7

You should’ve kept the faith

F#m7 C#m7

Stayed loyal to my cause

Bm7 F#m7

Now you’ve sunk what it was we had

Em F#m7

And our love is on the ocean floor

Dm G

So you think

Dm G

You can pack your bags

C

Leave a card by the door

Dm G

Never give me a second glance

Em F G

Never think about me no more

C G F

Too late to say goodbye

Dm7 G

After all that we’ve been through

Dm7 G

That’s one thing you just can’t do

C G F

It’s too late to say goodbye

Catch a train

Travel far

Leave your memories behind

Never give another thought

To me here, put me out of mind. But it’s

Em D Am7

This ain’t no one night stand in an old dancehall

Em D Am7

Strangers passing in crowded mall

C Am7 G

You said you’d always need to stay

Em F G

And you know you can’t end it this way

D Em G Em

This dog of a fucked up face

D Em G A

This body that’s a waste of space

D Em G Em

This mind that never got it right

D Em G A

Hanging around looking for a fight

This smile that’s never returned

These feelings always burned

These arms that’ll never hold noone

This song that’ll never be sung

Em Am Em Am

Life’s a bitch

Em Am Em Am

A few years upside down in a ditch

C Bm7 Am7 G

A heart that doesn’t know how to quit

Em Am Em Am

Life’s a bitch

C G Bm Am7

So this is how the dice was cast

C G D C

Snake’s eyes at the bottom of a glass

C G D C

Double nothing and a pocketful of pain

C G Am7

Waiting to get knocked back again

Life’s a bitch

Trying to be cool and ending up kitsch

Love is like an unscratched itch

Life’s a bitch

This world is a cruel place

When you never win and never draw an ace

All the time your dreams just fade and die

An noone cares how much you try

C G

When you fall

Am Em

And need someone you can call

F C

Who can take your load

G

Get you back along the road

When you weep

And need a hand to keep

Just say my name

I’ll be there to share your pain. And...

F – C – G

No stronger arms

F Am Em Am Em

Will you find than these

F – C – G

To keep you safe from harm

F G

Just come to me. And

F – C – G

No stronger arms

F Am Em Am Em

Will hold you close at night

F – C – G

Will make you feel so warm

F C

Make everything turn out right

Dm7 G

Oh darling can’t you see

F – C - F - C - G

There’s noone loves you, can ever be

Dm7 G

The one who’ll stay until the end

F – C - F - C - G

Who’ll be your lover and your best friend

When you try

To look life’s troubles in the eye

Let me be

The one to set you free. And...

Em G Am7 Bm7 Em G Am7 Bm7

I guess I know we all make mistakes

Em G Am7 Bm7 Em G Am7 Bm7

Wake up feeling guilty bout the trouble we made

Em G Am7 Bm7 Em G Am7 Bm7

Wish we’d stayed at home stuck to the floor

Em G Am7 Bm7 Em G Am7 Bm7

And not here thinking bout the night before

G Am

And you’re looking me in the face

G Am

Now you’ve had me inside you your holding an ace

Em D

And I wish I could...

C D Em C

Unlay you (yeh take it all back)

C D Em C

Do it all in reverse (get outta the sack)

C D Em C

Unlay you (never do what I did)

C D Em

I’m caught in a trap you got me on the rack

I can’t hold my face around town

Your ererywhere I look I can’t talk this down

Now all my friends know what went on

We’re tied up forever you’ll have me for your own

And I wish I could...

D C

Oh God what a fool I’ve been

G Am

I wanna run away never be seen

D C

And I won’t ever do this again

G D

I’ve had my fun now I’m gonna feel the pain

And I wish I could...

Intro: G D Em C G D Am

Am7 D

Good morning sir

Em C-G

How are you today

D C

Sorry I’ve got what you don’t need

G Em D

But I’ve got to make a living some way

Am7 Em

You know it’s easy

Am7 Em

To look down on my wares

D C

But what does it gain someone

G Em D

To show coldness without care And…

G D Em C G

Don’t you hit me when I’m down

Em D C

Can’t you take just one small step

Em D C

Show some heart to this poor wretch

G D Am7

And bring some joy to me now

Hey Darling

You’re looking great there

Sorry I’m not like a magazine

But haven’t you got anything to share

You know it’s easy

To get your kicks somewhere else

With someone with more than they need

When all I have is myself. And…

D G C

One day It’ll all come round

Em C

And what will you be worth

D G C

Your chance of redemption

G Em D

Don’t just leave me in the dirt. And…

D/G A9

Shiny white bazaars

D/G C G

We have everything you need

D/G A9

New Mercedes cars

D/G C G

Shining in the Arabic heat

Am

But we know

G Am

Much more than you

Am7 Am7(+2) D

How things really are

D G C

Flash paint and western signs

Am7 G

Hide the darkness of our ancient hearts

Am7 Am7(+2) Em+4

We’ll use you for our needs

G

And spit upon your humble feet

Your culture means nothing

And your language is a game we play

We’ll make it almost seem so real

But it’s always going to be our way

And we know

Much more than you

Who’s going to win in the end

We’ll sell you beer

And women at ten times the rate

But when we’ve milked your soul dry

You’ll only ever know our hate

Swimming pools in every home

So you can wash away your sins

But if you ever lift the veil

You’ll find nothing but an ugly face

And we know

Much more than you

Am7 Am7(+2) Em+4

That evil always will be king

Yeh evil always will be king

Em D Em D

I could drive a hundred miles

Em D Em D

Looking for a smile by the kerb

Em D Em D

Just a sign of a good time

Em D Em D

After all the days’ work

G Em

But it don’t matter which street

D C D

Muntazah or the names so sweet

F C G

In my western mind everywhere’s the same

Am F C Dm7 Am7 G F

I might as well just go down Salwa Road

Am Em

The hand that gently

Am Em

Controls my mind

Dm7 Em

Says all I’m ever gonna know

Am G F

Is Salwa Road

Freedom is life

And I have no life here

Just let me be a sinner

And I’ll make peace with myself

And it don’t matter where I look

From shopping malls to the crowded souk

With my lonely eyes it all is shit

I might as well just hit the Salwa Road

C Am

I would laugh all day

G F

And be always walking tall

Dm7 G

I’d take the world with both hands

Am F

And never need to fall

Dm7 G

But that is just a dream

C F

I’m fooling with desire

Am - G - F

Things don’t work out that way

Dm7 G

Just let me feel the fire

C – G – F - G

If it were true

Am – Em – F - G

And not just in my mind

Am – G - F

I’d be the luckiest guy around

Dm7 G

If it were true

F9

If it were true

I’d wear the finest clothes

With you by my side

Everyone would know my name

And want to share my pride

But castles in the air

Fade in the morning sun

And if wishes were horses

We’d be riding on and on

Am – G - F

Love is never perfect

Dm7 G

But I’d share it with you

Intro: D C G C D C G Am

D C

All of my days

G C

I spend thinking of you

D C

And all of my nights

G Am

I wish you were here too

All of my life

I’ve never met one like you

You changed it all

D

Now I’ve got to see this through

G

If I didn’t have you

D

I’d be nothing too

G

If I didn’t have you

D

I don’t know what I’d do

C

I’d be lost and die

D

Without you by my side

C

I just couldn’t find

D

A way to pass the time

I want to see you

Every hour of the day

Nothing’s the same

Since I saw your face

I know you don’t see me

The same way too

But hearing your voice

Mal#kes me want you anew

Em D C

Why can’t I ever have my way

Em D C D

Why’s it always me gotta be the one to say

Intro: D A x3 Bm7

D A

So you’ve changed your mind

D A

Shoulda never taken my hand

D A

Woke up feeling like you acted like a fool

Bm7

And want to make me understand

F$m7 C$m

I don’t stand a chance

Bm F$m

Just amused for a while

C$m B$m

You’ll run back to where it all is cool

F$m

Put my case back in the file. But...

D A

You can’t take that away from me

Bm7

With your looks that put me down

D A

However much you push me away

Bm7 A

You can’t take that away from me

Why can’t we be friends

Like we were before

Laughing like children

With no issues on the floor

You can hate me for what you did

And always look away

Think of me with a faint dread

Looking guilty every day. But...

You can’t take that away from me

With your eyes that say it all

However much you want to forget

You can’t take that away from me

Bm7 C£m

But you can’t undo

D F$m

That moment of love

C$m Bm7

A second of being together

F$m

Like we were meant to be

Am7 D

Orphan girl

F#m Bm7 F#m Bm7 F#m Bm7

Riding hills to save the world

Am7 D

Julie Andrews on a mission

F#m Bm7 F#m Bm7 F#m Bm7

To make children laugh and cartwheels in my heart

Am7 G

Won’t you stop

D Em Bm7 Em Bm7 Em

For one second to hold my hand

Am7 G

Let me know you understand

D Em Bm7 Em Bm7 Em

My lonely pain

Lost connections

And days waiting your call

Save me from this life

And let me breathe again

Em F#m

Stallion girl

G A Bm7 F#m Em F#m

With the wind in your hair

C G Em

Won’t you ride this way and say

D C9

We can be together

I know you’re brave

And would fight for the weak

And passions are stirring deep

In your soul

And if you’re scared

And don’t know what is right

Just believe in love

And we can be together

Stallion girl

With the frost in your eyes

Have the courage to know

We can be together

Stallion girl

With the wind in your hair

Won’t you ride this way and say

We can be together

Am C G D

Watch the days roll by

Am C G D

And the months turn to years

Am Em C D

Is this all you have to offer

Am C G D

For a life

Morality binds me

And guilt turns the screws

Those chemicals run my life

And my mind is their slave

Am G

You could say that I’m...

F C Am G

Just living

F C Am G

Doing the best that I can

F C Am G

No forgiving

F G

A victim of everything that I am

Am C

Hoping for a revelation

G D

That’ll turn this all around

Am C

Looking for a better way

Am G

To look myself in the eye

Just living

Trying to stand another day

Not swimming

Treading water till I have to pay

Is this as good as it gets

Roulette on the road to pain

Won’t you deal another hand

So I can play again