Don’t fall apart on me tonight    (intro) (sample)

C - Em - F (4x)

C Em F

1. Just a minute ‘fore you leave, girl,

C Em F

just a minute ‘fore you touch the door.

C Em F

What is it that you’re tryin' to achieve, girl ?

C Em F

Do you think we can talk about it some more?

Dm

You know, the streets are filled with vipers,

Dm

who’ve lost all ray of hope,

G

you know, it’s not even safe no more

G7

in the palace of the pope.

C Em F C Em F

Don’t fall apart on me tonight, I just don’t think that I can handle it.

C Em F Dm Em

Don’t fall apart on me tonight, yesterday’s just a memory,

F G G7

tomorrow’s never what it’s supposed to be, and I need you, yeah.

C - Em F

2. Come over here from over there, girl,

C Em F

sit down here, you can have my chair.

C Em F

I can’t see us goin’ anywhere, girl,

C Em F

the only place open is a 1000 miles away and I can’t take you there.

Dm

I wish that I’d been a doctor,

Dm

maybe I’d’ve saved some life that’d been lost,

G

maybe I’d’ve done some good in the world

G7

'stead of burnin’ every bridge I crossed. + CHORUS

C Em F

3. I ain't too good at conversation, girl,

C Em F

so you might not know exactly how I feel.

C Em F

But if I could, I’d bring you to the mountain top, girl,

C Em F

and build you a house made out of stainless steel.

Dm

But it’s like I’m stuck inside this painting,

Dm

that’s a-hangin’ in the Louvre,

G

my throat starts to tickle and my nose itches,

G7

but I know that I can’t move.

C Em F

Don’t fall apart on me tonight,

C Em F

I just don’t think that I could handle it,

C Em F

don’t fall apart on me tonight.

Dm Em

yesterday’s gone, but the past lives on.

F G G7

tomorrow's just one step beyond, and I need you, yeah.

F C

Who are these people that are walkin’ towards you ?

F C

Do you know them, or will there be a fight?

F C

With their humorless smiles so easy to see through,

F C

can they tell you what’s wrong from what’s right ?

F C

Or do you remember St. James St.

F C

where you blew Jackie P.'s mind,

F C

he was so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet

F - G - G7

and laid his life on the line. + C - Em - F (2x)

C Em F

4. Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl,

C - Em F

no more booby traps and bombs, no more decadence and charms,

C Em F

no more affection that’s misplaced, girl,

C Em F

no more mud-caked creatures lyin’ in your arms.

Dm

What about that millionaire

Dm

with the drumsticks in his pants,

G

he looked so baffled and so bewildered,

G7

when he played and we didn’t dance.

C Em F

Don’t fall apart on me tonight,

C Em F

I just don’t think that I can handle it.

C Em F

Don’t fall apart on me tonight,

Dm Em

yesterday’s just a memory,

F G

tomorrow’s never what it’s supposed to be,

G7 G G7

and I need you, yeah, you, ah, I need you !

+ C - Em - F (10x) … (Bob Dylan)