Tom: F#m
INTRO:
NONE
VERSE:
F#m
How many nights
C#m
Has your man even gone?
F#m
You wait in the dark
C#m
For the light to turn on
F#m
Long looks, they linger
C#m
Much more than you do
F#m
A night out for him, sl. sl.
C#m C#m C#m / Cm / Bm
Is a rough one for you.
CHORUS:
Bm Bm
He strings you along,
sl.
Bm / C#m
Yeah, strings you along
D
But hold on a minute,
E
Now his conscience is gone
F#m C#m F#m C#m
Ohhhhh
VERSE:
F#m
Cold pictures flicker
C#m
On your TV screen
F#m
Glued to the fiction,
C#m
Living a dream
F#m
You wait and you wait
C#m
For a cursory call
F#m
A life lived in waiting
sl. sl.
C#m Cm C#m / Cm / Bm
Is no life at all
CHORUS:
Bm Bm
He strings you along,
sl.
Bm / C#m
Yeah, strings you along
D
But hold on a minute,
E E
Now his conscience is gooone
E C#m C#m F#m
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
INSTRUMENTAL/G O:
F#m C#m
F#m C#m
F#m C#m
F#m C#m
VERSE:
F#m
He says he’s a man,
C#m
He runs on no track
F#m
But what does he know
C#m
Of the way to get back?
F#m
Look out your doorway,
C#m
It’s right down the lane
F#m
A cold price to pay
sl. sl.
C#m C#m C#m / Cm / Bm
In the stakes of this game
CHORUS:
Bm Bm
He strings you along,
sl.
Bm / C#m
Yeah, strings you along
D
But hold on a minute,
E E E C#m C#m F#m
Now his conscience is go-o-one
INSTRUMENTAL:
-Horns-
F#m G#m A G#m (G#m G#m F#m)
F#m G#m A G#m (G#m G#m F#m)
F#m G#m A G#m (G#m G#m F#m)
F#m G#m A B C# C#
F#m C#m F#m C#m
Yeaaaaaah aah aah aaaah
VERSE:
C#m F#m C#m
I should’ve never told you Ooh ooh ooh
sl. sl.
F#m C#m C#m / Cm / Bm
mmmmm mmm
OUTRO:
Bm
He strings you along,
C#m
He strings you along
D
But hold on a minute,
E E E E C#m C#m F#m
Now his conscience is goooo-oooo--o--o---o---one
