Chords for Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song (Official Audio)
Tempo:
51.15 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [B] [E]
[F#]
[B] Why does she sing?
The sad songs for me.
I'm not the one
[B]
tenderly bring
[E] Her soft [F#] sympathy.
I've just begun
See my way clear.
It's plain if I stop I [B] will fall
I [F#] can lay down
Tear for pain just a tear [B] and that's all
[E] What does she want me [B] to do?
[E] She says that she knows
[F#] The moments are rare, I [E] suppose
But [B] it's true
Then on she [F#] goes to say I don't care or [E] she knows
That I do
[F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E] [B]
[E] [B] [F#] [B]
She'd like to think I was [E] cruel
But she [B] knows that's a life where I would be
No more than a two
[E] If I allowed [B] her to cry all over me
[F#] All my sorrow is real, even though I can't [B] change my plan
[F#] If she could see how I feel and I know [B] she'd understand
[E] Or does she actually think [B] I'm to blame
[E] Does she really [F#] believe that some word of [E] mine could relieve
[B] All her pain
[E] Can't you see that she [F#] grieves just because she's been [E] blindly deceived
[B] by shame
[F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E]
[B] [E] [B] [F#]
[B] All but nothing's what it [E] seems
Maybe she'll [B] start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
[E] Then all the [B] words she can say are only lies
[F#] Or when will she see that the game is [B] only to lose
[F#] All that she offers me are her chains and I got [B] to refuse
All [E] but it's only to herself [B] that she's lied
[E] She likes to pretend [F#] there's something that she [E] should defend
[B] with her pride
[E] And I don't intend [F#] to stand here and be [E] the friend from whom she [B] must hide
[F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[F#]
[B] Why does she sing?
The sad songs for me.
I'm not the one
[B]
tenderly bring
[E] Her soft [F#] sympathy.
I've just begun
See my way clear.
It's plain if I stop I [B] will fall
I [F#] can lay down
Tear for pain just a tear [B] and that's all
[E] What does she want me [B] to do?
[E] She says that she knows
[F#] The moments are rare, I [E] suppose
But [B] it's true
Then on she [F#] goes to say I don't care or [E] she knows
That I do
[F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E] [B]
[E] [B] [F#] [B]
She'd like to think I was [E] cruel
But she [B] knows that's a life where I would be
No more than a two
[E] If I allowed [B] her to cry all over me
[F#] All my sorrow is real, even though I can't [B] change my plan
[F#] If she could see how I feel and I know [B] she'd understand
[E] Or does she actually think [B] I'm to blame
[E] Does she really [F#] believe that some word of [E] mine could relieve
[B] All her pain
[E] Can't you see that she [F#] grieves just because she's been [E] blindly deceived
[B] by shame
[F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E]
[B] [E] [B] [F#]
[B] All but nothing's what it [E] seems
Maybe she'll [B] start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
[E] Then all the [B] words she can say are only lies
[F#] Or when will she see that the game is [B] only to lose
[F#] All that she offers me are her chains and I got [B] to refuse
All [E] but it's only to herself [B] that she's lied
[E] She likes to pretend [F#] there's something that she [E] should defend
[B] with her pride
[E] And I don't intend [F#] to stand here and be [E] the friend from whom she [B] must hide
[F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[F#] [B]
Key:
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
E
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Why does she sing?
The sad songs for me.
I'm not the one
_ [B] _
tenderly bring
[E] Her soft [F#] sympathy.
I've just begun _
See my way clear.
It's plain if I stop I [B] will fall
I [F#] can lay down
Tear for pain just a tear [B] and that's all _ _
[E] What does she want me [B] to do?
[E] She says that she knows
[F#] The moments are rare, I [E] suppose
But [B] it's true
Then on she [F#] goes to say I don't care or [E] she knows
That I do
[F#] _ _ Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
_ [F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ She'd like to think I was [E] cruel
But she [B] knows that's a life where I would be
_ No more than a two
[E] If I allowed [B] her to cry all over me
_ [F#] All my sorrow is real, even though I can't [B] change my plan _
_ [F#] If she could see how I feel and I know [B] she'd understand _
_ [E] Or does she actually think [B] I'm to blame
[E] Does she really [F#] believe that some word of [E] mine could relieve
[B] All her pain
[E] Can't you see that she [F#] grieves just because she's been [E] blindly deceived
[B] by shame _
[F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song _
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ All but nothing's what it [E] seems
Maybe she'll [B] start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
[E] Then all the [B] words she can say are only lies
_ [F#] Or when will she see that the game is [B] only to lose
_ _ [F#] All that she offers me are her chains and I got [B] to refuse
_ All [E] but it's only to herself [B] that she's lied
[E] She likes to pretend [F#] there's something that she [E] should defend
[B] with her pride
[E] And I don't intend [F#] to stand here and be [E] the friend from whom she [B] must hide _
_ [F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song _
_ [F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
_ [F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Why does she sing?
The sad songs for me.
I'm not the one
_ [B] _
tenderly bring
[E] Her soft [F#] sympathy.
I've just begun _
See my way clear.
It's plain if I stop I [B] will fall
I [F#] can lay down
Tear for pain just a tear [B] and that's all _ _
[E] What does she want me [B] to do?
[E] She says that she knows
[F#] The moments are rare, I [E] suppose
But [B] it's true
Then on she [F#] goes to say I don't care or [E] she knows
That I do
[F#] _ _ Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
_ [F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ She'd like to think I was [E] cruel
But she [B] knows that's a life where I would be
_ No more than a two
[E] If I allowed [B] her to cry all over me
_ [F#] All my sorrow is real, even though I can't [B] change my plan _
_ [F#] If she could see how I feel and I know [B] she'd understand _
_ [E] Or does she actually think [B] I'm to blame
[E] Does she really [F#] believe that some word of [E] mine could relieve
[B] All her pain
[E] Can't you see that she [F#] grieves just because she's been [E] blindly deceived
[B] by shame _
[F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song _
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
[E] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ All but nothing's what it [E] seems
Maybe she'll [B] start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
[E] Then all the [B] words she can say are only lies
_ [F#] Or when will she see that the game is [B] only to lose
_ _ [F#] All that she offers me are her chains and I got [B] to refuse
_ All [E] but it's only to herself [B] that she's lied
[E] She likes to pretend [F#] there's something that she [E] should defend
[B] with her pride
[E] And I don't intend [F#] to stand here and be [E] the friend from whom she [B] must hide _
_ [F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song _
_ [F#] Who do I think that I am to decide [B] that she's wrong
_ [F#] But maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _