Key: A, D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
[F#m]D - [-] [244222]xx0232
Bm - x24432
A/C# - x476xx
E/G# - 476xxx
D/F# - 2x023x
Em - 022000
C#m - x46654
Intro: F#m--E-D- x2
Verse 1:
[F#m] Life was leisure
[E] learning [D]French words
[F#m] And staying in white
rooms with[E]out any
s[D]tyle[F#m] Mailing letters
[E] and taking [D]pictures
[Bm] We put each other's
in a [A]drawer for a[E/G#]while
Chorus 1:
But [A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D][E/G#]
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
Post Chorus:
[F#m] You just can't
turn me[E] on and
[D]off[F#m] You just can't
turn me[E] on and [D]off
Verse 2:
[F#m] We're always
drinking and
[E]we're always
[D]playing[F#m] And
someone is
always [E]trying too
[D]hard[F#m] So book the
tickets[E] and please
her [D]parents[Bm] She
is lovely and [A]he
is really s[E/G#]mart
Chorus 2:
But [A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D][E/G#]
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
You just can't
turn [E/G#]me [A]on [E/G#]and
[D/F#]off You turn [E/G#]me
[A]on [E/G#]and [D/F#]off
Breakdown:
[Bm--A-Bm--A]
F#m--E-F#m--E-
Bridge:
[Bm] At first [A]you
[Bm] believed [A]it
[F#m] And now [Em]you
[F#m]don't believe[Em]
[Bm] At first [A]you
[Bm] could see [A]it
[C#m]Why dont you[A] see?
Interlude: F#m--E-D- x2
Verse 3:
[F#m] The future is
glowing[E] out of
[D]focus[F#m] Our talk
is cheap but the
[E]phone bill is [D]not
[F#m] And how can one
word[E] mean a[D]nother
And [Bm]why am I staying
up a[A]lone in the [E/G#]dark
Chorus 3:
But [A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D][E/G#]
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
You just can't
turn [E/G#]me [A]on [E/G#]and
[D/F#]off You turn [E/G#]me
[A]on [E/G#]and [D/F#]off
[A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D]
coz I know it [E/G#]will
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
You just can't
turn [E/G#]me [A]on
and off[E/G#]
[D/F#]on and off
you turn [E/G#]me
A E/G# D/F# E F#m(hold)
on and off
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
[F#m]D - [-] [244222]xx0232
Bm - x24432
A/C# - x476xx
E/G# - 476xxx
D/F# - 2x023x
Em - 022000
C#m - x46654
Intro: F#m--E-D- x2
Verse 1:
[F#m] Life was leisure
[E] learning [D]French words
[F#m] And staying in white
rooms with[E]out any
s[D]tyle[F#m] Mailing letters
[E] and taking [D]pictures
[Bm] We put each other's
in a [A]drawer for a[E/G#]while
Chorus 1:
But [A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D][E/G#]
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
Post Chorus:
[F#m] You just can't
turn me[E] on and
[D]off[F#m] You just can't
turn me[E] on and [D]off
Verse 2:
[F#m] We're always
drinking and
[E]we're always
[D]playing[F#m] And
someone is
always [E]trying too
[D]hard[F#m] So book the
tickets[E] and please
her [D]parents[Bm] She
is lovely and [A]he
is really s[E/G#]mart
Chorus 2:
But [A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D][E/G#]
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
You just can't
turn [E/G#]me [A]on [E/G#]and
[D/F#]off You turn [E/G#]me
[A]on [E/G#]and [D/F#]off
Breakdown:
[Bm--A-Bm--A]
F#m--E-F#m--E-
Bridge:
[Bm] At first [A]you
[Bm] believed [A]it
[F#m] And now [Em]you
[F#m]don't believe[Em]
[Bm] At first [A]you
[Bm] could see [A]it
[C#m]Why dont you[A] see?
Interlude: F#m--E-D- x2
Verse 3:
[F#m] The future is
glowing[E] out of
[D]focus[F#m] Our talk
is cheap but the
[E]phone bill is [D]not
[F#m] And how can one
word[E] mean a[D]nother
And [Bm]why am I staying
up a[A]lone in the [E/G#]dark
Chorus 3:
But [A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D][E/G#]
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
You just can't
turn [E/G#]me [A]on [E/G#]and
[D/F#]off You turn [E/G#]me
[A]on [E/G#]and [D/F#]off
[A]when will it
[E]all fall [F#m]through[D]
coz I know it [E/G#]will
And [A]What else
[E]can I [D]tell you
You just can't
turn [E/G#]me [A]on
and off[E/G#]
[D/F#]on and off
you turn [E/G#]me
A E/G# D/F# E F#m(hold)
on and off