Chords for Gregory Isaacs - Front Door + Substitute 10/26/81
Tempo:
123.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
C
Dm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[G#] [D] [Em]
[A]
[G] [D] I gave her [Em] back the keys [D] to her [Em] friend's home, [D] cause it seems she didn't care [Em] about me
[D] anymore.
[Em] [Bm]
[D] I gave her all [A] the love I [D] had and she spilled [A] it, yeah.
[Em] [D] So I packed my things into [Em] a shopping [D] bag and decided to quit.
[Am] But Lord [D] know that I [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em] [G] [D] I
[Em] don't wanna be lonely tonight.
[D] I said I [Em]
don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Em]
[D] But I would rather to be [A] lonely than to live [D] a dirty life.
[Em]
[D] [Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true [Em]
[D] used [Em] to make me happy, now [D] make me blue.
[Em] [D]
I [G] didn't believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
But now I've seen it with my own eyes, I know [A] actions [D] speak louder than words.
[A] But Lord know that [D] I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Em] Granny know that [D] I
[C] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em] I mean it, [G] yes I mean it, [Bm] I [Em]
don't [Am] wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em]
[D] But I would rather to be [Am] lonely than to [D] live a dirty [Em] life.
[D] [A] You [D] see it's only reaping trees, [Em]
[D] [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, [D] I don't know what to [Em] do.
[E]
[D] [Em] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [A]
[D]
[Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true [Em] [D] used [Em] to make me happy, [D] now make me blue.
[Em] [D] I didn't [Em] believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
[D] But now I've seen [Em] it with [A] my own eyes, I know actions speak louder [D] than words.
[Em] But [D] Lord know that I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Am] [G] Granny know that [Bm] I [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em] I mean it, yes I mean [D] it, I [Am] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Em] [D] But I would rather to be lonely [A] than to live [D] a dirty life.
[Em] Oh, [D]
I'm so sorry for you, [Em] [D] [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, [D] I don't know what to do.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[Bm] Don't wanna be lonely, [Em]
[D] [Em] [D]
don't wanna be lonely, [Em]
[D] [Em] don't wanna be lonely [Dm] tonight.
I [Em] don't [G] wanna be lonely [D] tonight, [Em] don't wanna be lonely [D] tonight.
I [Em] don't [G] wanna be [D] lonely tonight, I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[G] [D]
[C] [Dm]
Oh, [C] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
ah, [C] [Dm]
[C] Susan told me [Dm] to leave, saying she's a woman [C] who's guilty.
[Dm]
[C] I laughed beside her, [Dm] she said, I'm not too fond [C] of substance use.
[Dm]
[G] But I'm just letting you [Dm] know that I'm still around.
[C] I'd be a [G] bridge [Dm] over troubled [C] water.
[G] [Dm] So you won't [C] let me drown.
[Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
[Dm]
[C] I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the [F] by.
[G] [Dm]
[C] Since you told me [Dm] to leave and don't come [C] back.
[Dm]
[C] It's [G] my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're [G] drinking liquor, [Dm] which you didn't [F] do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let [C] me drown.
[Dm] Substance use is gonna [C] put you in a cloud.
[Dm]
But I'll [C] be around, [Dm]
so you won't let [C] me drown.
[A#]
[C] [Dm]
[F] [C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [Dm]
[C] I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the [C] by.
[Dm]
[C] Since you told me [F] to leave and don't come [C] back.
[Dm]
[Fm] It's my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're drinking [G] liquor, [Dm] which you didn't do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let me drown.
But I'll be around, so you won't [C] let me drown.
[Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
[Dm]
But [C] I'll be around, [G] [Dm] so you won't [C] let me drown.
[Dm]
[C] [G] Rain [Dm] in my town, [F] yeah, we're [C] drunker.
[Dm]
[F] [C] Just want my [Dm] name and I'll be on [F] the double.
[Dm] And you won't [F] let me drown.
[C] [Dm] Substance use is gonna put [C] you in a cloud.
[Gm] [Dm] But [C] I'll be around, [F]
so [C] [Dm] you [C] won't let me drown.
[D] [Em]
[G#] [D] [Em]
[A]
[G] [D] I gave her [Em] back the keys [D] to her [Em] friend's home, [D] cause it seems she didn't care [Em] about me
[D] anymore.
[Em] [Bm]
[D] I gave her all [A] the love I [D] had and she spilled [A] it, yeah.
[Em] [D] So I packed my things into [Em] a shopping [D] bag and decided to quit.
[Am] But Lord [D] know that I [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em] [G] [D] I
[Em] don't wanna be lonely tonight.
[D] I said I [Em]
don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Em]
[D] But I would rather to be [A] lonely than to live [D] a dirty life.
[Em]
[D] [Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true [Em]
[D] used [Em] to make me happy, now [D] make me blue.
[Em] [D]
I [G] didn't believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
But now I've seen it with my own eyes, I know [A] actions [D] speak louder than words.
[A] But Lord know that [D] I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Em] Granny know that [D] I
[C] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em] I mean it, [G] yes I mean it, [Bm] I [Em]
don't [Am] wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em]
[D] But I would rather to be [Am] lonely than to [D] live a dirty [Em] life.
[D] [A] You [D] see it's only reaping trees, [Em]
[D] [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, [D] I don't know what to [Em] do.
[E]
[D] [Em] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [A]
[D]
[Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true [Em] [D] used [Em] to make me happy, [D] now make me blue.
[Em] [D] I didn't [Em] believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
[D] But now I've seen [Em] it with [A] my own eyes, I know actions speak louder [D] than words.
[Em] But [D] Lord know that I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Am] [G] Granny know that [Bm] I [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
[Em] I mean it, yes I mean [D] it, I [Am] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Em] [D] But I would rather to be lonely [A] than to live [D] a dirty life.
[Em] Oh, [D]
I'm so sorry for you, [Em] [D] [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, [D] I don't know what to do.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[Bm] Don't wanna be lonely, [Em]
[D] [Em] [D]
don't wanna be lonely, [Em]
[D] [Em] don't wanna be lonely [Dm] tonight.
I [Em] don't [G] wanna be lonely [D] tonight, [Em] don't wanna be lonely [D] tonight.
I [Em] don't [G] wanna be [D] lonely tonight, I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[G] [D]
[C] [Dm]
Oh, [C] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
ah, [C] [Dm]
[C] Susan told me [Dm] to leave, saying she's a woman [C] who's guilty.
[Dm]
[C] I laughed beside her, [Dm] she said, I'm not too fond [C] of substance use.
[Dm]
[G] But I'm just letting you [Dm] know that I'm still around.
[C] I'd be a [G] bridge [Dm] over troubled [C] water.
[G] [Dm] So you won't [C] let me drown.
[Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
[Dm]
[C] I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the [F] by.
[G] [Dm]
[C] Since you told me [Dm] to leave and don't come [C] back.
[Dm]
[C] It's [G] my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're [G] drinking liquor, [Dm] which you didn't [F] do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let [C] me drown.
[Dm] Substance use is gonna [C] put you in a cloud.
[Dm]
But I'll [C] be around, [Dm]
so you won't let [C] me drown.
[A#]
[C] [Dm]
[F] [C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [Dm]
[C] I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the [C] by.
[Dm]
[C] Since you told me [F] to leave and don't come [C] back.
[Dm]
[Fm] It's my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're drinking [G] liquor, [Dm] which you didn't do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let me drown.
But I'll be around, so you won't [C] let me drown.
[Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
[Dm]
But [C] I'll be around, [G] [Dm] so you won't [C] let me drown.
[Dm]
[C] [G] Rain [Dm] in my town, [F] yeah, we're [C] drunker.
[Dm]
[F] [C] Just want my [Dm] name and I'll be on [F] the double.
[Dm] And you won't [F] let me drown.
[C] [Dm] Substance use is gonna put [C] you in a cloud.
[Gm] [Dm] But [C] I'll be around, [F]
so [C] [Dm] you [C] won't let me drown.
Key:
D
Em
C
Dm
G
D
Em
C
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G#] _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ I gave her [Em] back the keys [D] to her [Em] friend's home, _ _ _ [D] cause it seems she didn't care [Em] about me _ _
[D] anymore.
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] I gave her all [A] the love I [D] had and she spilled [A] it, yeah.
_ [Em] [D] So I packed my things into [Em] a shopping [D] bag and decided to quit.
_ _ [Am] But Lord [D] know that I _ [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight. _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] I _ _
[Em] don't wanna be lonely tonight. _ _
_ _ [D] I said I _ [Em]
don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [D] But I would rather to be [A] lonely than to live [D] a dirty life.
_ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ used [Em] to make me happy, now [D] make me blue.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ I [G] didn't believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
_ But now I've seen it with my own eyes, I know [A] actions [D] speak louder than words.
_ _ [A] But Lord know that [D] I _ [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight. _
_ [Em] _ Granny know that [D] I _
[C] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight. _
[Em] I mean it, [G] yes I mean it, [Bm] I _ [Em]
don't [Am] wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [D] But I would rather to be [Am] lonely than to [D] live a dirty _ [Em] life. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ You [D] see it's only reaping trees, _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, _ [D] I don't know what to _ [Em] do.
_ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true _ [Em] _ _ [D] used _ _ [Em] to make me happy, [D] now make me blue. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ I didn't [Em] believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
_ [D] But now I've seen [Em] it with [A] my own eyes, I know actions speak louder [D] than words.
_ _ [Em] But [D] Lord know that I _ [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Am] _ _ [G] Granny know that [Bm] I _ [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
_ [Em] I mean it, yes I mean [D] it, I _ [Am] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
_ _ [Em] _ [D] But I would rather to be lonely [A] than to live [D] a dirty life.
_ [Em] _ Oh, [D] _ _ _
_ I'm so sorry for you, [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, [D] I don't know what to do.
[Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] Don't wanna be lonely, [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
don't wanna be lonely, _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] don't wanna be lonely [Dm] tonight.
I [Em] don't [G] wanna be lonely [D] tonight, _ [Em] don't wanna be lonely [D] tonight.
_ I [Em] don't [G] wanna be [D] lonely tonight, _ I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Oh, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
ah, [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Susan told me [Dm] to leave, saying she's a woman [C] who's guilty.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] I laughed beside her, [Dm] she said, I'm not too fond [C] of substance use.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] But I'm just letting you [Dm] know that I'm still around.
[C] I'd be a [G] bridge [Dm] over troubled [C] water.
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] So you won't [C] let me drown.
_ [Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the [F] by.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] Since you told me [Dm] to leave and don't come [C] back.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] It's [G] my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're [G] drinking liquor, [Dm] which you didn't [F] do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let [C] me drown.
_ [Dm] Substance use is gonna [C] put you in a cloud.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
But I'll [C] be around, _ _ [Dm] _ _
so you won't let [C] me drown.
_ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the _ [C] by.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ Since you told me [F] to leave and don't come [C] back.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] It's my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're drinking [G] liquor, [Dm] which you didn't do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let me drown.
But I'll be around, so you won't [C] let me drown.
_ [Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
But [C] I'll be around, _ [G] _ [Dm] so you won't [C] let me drown.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] Rain [Dm] in my town, [F] yeah, we're [C] drunker.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] Just want my [Dm] name and I'll be on [F] the double.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ And you won't [F] let me drown.
[C] [Dm] Substance use is gonna put [C] you in a cloud.
_ _ [Gm] [Dm] But _ [C] I'll be around, _ [F] _ _
so [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] you [C] won't let me drown. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G#] _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ I gave her [Em] back the keys [D] to her [Em] friend's home, _ _ _ [D] cause it seems she didn't care [Em] about me _ _
[D] anymore.
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] I gave her all [A] the love I [D] had and she spilled [A] it, yeah.
_ [Em] [D] So I packed my things into [Em] a shopping [D] bag and decided to quit.
_ _ [Am] But Lord [D] know that I _ [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight. _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] I _ _
[Em] don't wanna be lonely tonight. _ _
_ _ [D] I said I _ [Em]
don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [D] But I would rather to be [A] lonely than to live [D] a dirty life.
_ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ used [Em] to make me happy, now [D] make me blue.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ I [G] didn't believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
_ But now I've seen it with my own eyes, I know [A] actions [D] speak louder than words.
_ _ [A] But Lord know that [D] I _ [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight. _
_ [Em] _ Granny know that [D] I _
[C] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight. _
[Em] I mean it, [G] yes I mean it, [Bm] I _ [Em]
don't [Am] wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [D] But I would rather to be [Am] lonely than to [D] live a dirty _ [Em] life. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ You [D] see it's only reaping trees, _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, _ [D] I don't know what to _ [Em] do.
_ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] All of those things that [D] keep me true _ [Em] _ _ [D] used _ _ [Em] to make me happy, [D] now make me blue. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ I didn't [Em] believe the things that [D] I've heard, [Em] no.
_ [D] But now I've seen [Em] it with [A] my own eyes, I know actions speak louder [D] than words.
_ _ [Em] But [D] Lord know that I _ [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
[Am] _ _ [G] Granny know that [Bm] I _ [Em] don't wanna [D] be lonely tonight.
_ [Em] I mean it, yes I mean [D] it, I _ [Am] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
_ _ [Em] _ [D] But I would rather to be lonely [A] than to live [D] a dirty life.
_ [Em] _ Oh, [D] _ _ _
_ I'm so sorry for you, [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F#m] I'm so [Em] fed up, [D] I don't know what to do.
[Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] Don't wanna be lonely, [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
don't wanna be lonely, _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] don't wanna be lonely [Dm] tonight.
I [Em] don't [G] wanna be lonely [D] tonight, _ [Em] don't wanna be lonely [D] tonight.
_ I [Em] don't [G] wanna be [D] lonely tonight, _ I [Em] don't wanna be [D] lonely tonight.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Oh, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
ah, [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Susan told me [Dm] to leave, saying she's a woman [C] who's guilty.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] I laughed beside her, [Dm] she said, I'm not too fond [C] of substance use.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] But I'm just letting you [Dm] know that I'm still around.
[C] I'd be a [G] bridge [Dm] over troubled [C] water.
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] So you won't [C] let me drown.
_ [Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the [F] by.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] Since you told me [Dm] to leave and don't come [C] back.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] It's [G] my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're [G] drinking liquor, [Dm] which you didn't [F] do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let [C] me drown.
_ [Dm] Substance use is gonna [C] put you in a cloud.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
But I'll [C] be around, _ _ [Dm] _ _
so you won't let [C] me drown.
_ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ I heard you're smoking [Dm] cigarettes by the _ [C] by.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ Since you told me [F] to leave and don't come [C] back.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] It's my fault you [Dm] were the one who said the truth.
[C] Now you're drinking [G] liquor, [Dm] which you didn't do.
[G] But I'll be around, so you won't let me drown.
But I'll be around, so you won't [C] let me drown.
_ [Dm] Substance use is gonna put you [C] in a cloud.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
But [C] I'll be around, _ [G] _ [Dm] so you won't [C] let me drown.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] Rain [Dm] in my town, [F] yeah, we're [C] drunker.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] Just want my [Dm] name and I'll be on [F] the double.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ And you won't [F] let me drown.
[C] [Dm] Substance use is gonna put [C] you in a cloud.
_ _ [Gm] [Dm] But _ [C] I'll be around, _ [F] _ _
so [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] you [C] won't let me drown. _ _ _ _