original by John Hiatt and Fred Koller for Jeff Healy Band (1988)
This version from New Grass Revival's "Friday Night In America" album
[INTRO]
Fingerpick : play twice
[E] [E] [B] [A] [E] [E] [B] [A]
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then strumming as per verses:
[E] [G#] [A] [B]
[E] [G#] [Amaj7] [B7]
[V1]
E G# A B
Girl, you're looking mighty fine tonight,
E G# Amaj7 B7
and every guy has got you in his sights.
So What [A]are you [G#m]doing with a [F#m]clown like [E]me,
[A]that's surely [G#m]one of life's little [F#7]mysteries
[CHORUS]
So [E]tonight I'll [G#]ask the [A]stars [B]above,
[E]"How did [G#]I ever [Amaj7]win your [B7]love?"
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?
[V2]
[E]Well, I'm the [G#]guy who never [A]learned to dance,[B]
[E]never even [G#]got one s[Amaj7]econd glance[B7]
[A] Across a [G#m]crowded room was [F#m]close [E]enough,
[A]I could [G#m]look but I could [F#7]never touch
[CHORUS]
So [E]tonight I'll [G#]ask the [A]stars [B]above,
[E]"How did [G#]I ever [Amaj7]win your [B7]love?"
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?
[BRIDGE]
Don't [A]any[E]body [A]wake [E]me, if [F#m7]this is a [C#m7]dream
'Cause this the [A]best [E]thing, ever [C#m7]happened to me
All you [A]fell[E]ows, you can [F#m7]look all you [C#m]like,
but this [F#m]girl you see, she's [G#m]leavin' here with [A]me to[B]night......
[V3]
[E]Well There's [G#]just one more thing that I [A]need to [B]know,
[E]if this is [G#]love why does it [Amaj7]scare me [B7]so?
[A]It must be [G#m]somethin only [F#m]you can [E]see,
'cause [A]girl I [G#m]feel it when you [F#7]look at me
[CHORUS]
So [E]tonight I'll [G#]ask the [A]stars [B]above,
[E]"How did [G#]I ever [Amaj7]win your [B7]love?"
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?............
END
Bass (or other guitar) riff at end of lines 1 and 2 of verses:
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This version from New Grass Revival's "Friday Night In America" album
[INTRO]
Fingerpick : play twice
[E] [E] [B] [A] [E] [E] [B] [A]
---------0----2---0----------------0----2---0--------|
----------0----4---2----------------0----4---2-------|
-----1-----1----4---2----------1-----1----4---2------|
-222--2-------------------222---2--------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
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then strumming as per verses:
[E] [G#] [A] [B]
[E] [G#] [Amaj7] [B7]
[V1]
E G# A B
Girl, you're looking mighty fine tonight,
E G# Amaj7 B7
and every guy has got you in his sights.
So What [A]are you [G#m]doing with a [F#m]clown like [E]me,
[A]that's surely [G#m]one of life's little [F#7]mysteries
[CHORUS]
So [E]tonight I'll [G#]ask the [A]stars [B]above,
[E]"How did [G#]I ever [Amaj7]win your [B7]love?"
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?
[V2]
[E]Well, I'm the [G#]guy who never [A]learned to dance,[B]
[E]never even [G#]got one s[Amaj7]econd glance[B7]
[A] Across a [G#m]crowded room was [F#m]close [E]enough,
[A]I could [G#m]look but I could [F#7]never touch
[CHORUS]
So [E]tonight I'll [G#]ask the [A]stars [B]above,
[E]"How did [G#]I ever [Amaj7]win your [B7]love?"
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?
[BRIDGE]
Don't [A]any[E]body [A]wake [E]me, if [F#m7]this is a [C#m7]dream
'Cause this the [A]best [E]thing, ever [C#m7]happened to me
All you [A]fell[E]ows, you can [F#m7]look all you [C#m]like,
but this [F#m]girl you see, she's [G#m]leavin' here with [A]me to[B]night......
[V3]
[E]Well There's [G#]just one more thing that I [A]need to [B]know,
[E]if this is [G#]love why does it [Amaj7]scare me [B7]so?
[A]It must be [G#m]somethin only [F#m]you can [E]see,
'cause [A]girl I [G#m]feel it when you [F#7]look at me
[CHORUS]
So [E]tonight I'll [G#]ask the [A]stars [B]above,
[E]"How did [G#]I ever [Amaj7]win your [B7]love?"
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?
[A]What did I [E]do? [G#]What did I [C#m]say?
A E B E [E to B is 1 beat early)
to make you turn your angel-eyes my way?............
END
Bass (or other guitar) riff at end of lines 1 and 2 of verses:
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A--224--42--------------|
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