No expectations    (intro)    (sample)

 

    D   + instrumental intro =  verse 1

 

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1. Take me to the station and put me on a train,

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    I've got no expectations to pass through here again.

 

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2. Once I was a rich man, now I am so poor,

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    but never in my sweet, short life have I felt like this before.

 

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3. Your heart is like a diamond, you throw your pearls at swine,

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    and as I watch you leaving me, you pack my peace of mind.

 

+ instrumental = verse 3

    

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4. Our love was like the water that splashes on a stone,

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    our love is like our music, it's here, and then it's gone.

 

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5. So take me to the airport and put me on a plane,

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    I’ve got no expectations to pass through here again.

 

+ instrumental = verse 5

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Rolling Stones)