The Sad Café      (Listen to midi)       (Listen to sample)

 

     A - Dm - E - A (4x)

 

       A               Dm                      E              A

1. Out in the shiny night the rain was softly falling,

                                            Dm                    E                              A

    tracks that ran down the boulevard had all been washed away.

                     Dm                   E                          A

    Out of the silver night, the past came softly calling,

                                    Dm                           E                        A   ~

    and I remember the times we spent, outside the Sad Café

 

     A                                 Dm                 E                      A

2.     Oh, it seemed like a holy place protected by amazing grace,

                            Dm                           E                      A

    we would sing right out loud those things we could not say.

                                   Dm                 

    Thought we could change this world

              E                        A

    with words like love and freedom,

                                           Dm                      E                A

    and we were part of the lonely crowd outside the Sad Café.

 

   F#m                      C#m

    Oh, expecting to fly,

                     F#m                                                                                Bm       - E

    we would meet on that beautiful shore in the sweet by and by.

 

    A                          Dm                             E                              A

2.     Some of our dreams came true and some just passed away,

                                   Dm                    E                      A

    and some of them stayed behind inside the Sad Café.

 

    A - Dm - E - A (2x)

 

               E          E7  E            E7

    The clouds roll in, hit that shore,

      E             E7               E                            E7

    now that glory train, it don't stop here no more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D7                                 D                                D7                                            D

    Now I look at the years gone by and wonder at the powers that be,

E7                                               E               - E7                                        E

    I don't know why fortune smiles on some      and lets the rest go free.

 

      A                         Dm                           E             A

3.      And maybe the time has gone, the faces I recall,

                                                  Dm                         E                      A

    but things in this life change very slowly, if they ever change at all.

                                 Dm                 E                              A

    There's no use in asking why, it just turned out that way,

                            Dm                        E                      A

    so meet me at midnight, baby, inside the Sad Café.

                                               Dm                       E                      A

    Why don't you meet me at midnight, baby, inside the Sad Café ?

 

    + A - Dm - E - A (6x) …

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)       (The Eagles)