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Rod Stewart

Version
studio
published by
babel
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
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D Em Em D/F# G A
E --------------------------|-------------------------------------|

B --------------------------|------------------------------4/6\4--|

G --------------------------|-----------------0-2-4-2/4\2--5/7\5--|

D ------0---0-0h2-0---2/4\2-|--2/4\2--0---2-4---------------------|

A --0h2---2---------2-------|-----------2-------------------------|

E --------------------------|-------------------------------------|

D Em Em D/F# G A D D
E --------------------------|------------------------------2-2-|

B --------------------------|------------------------------3-3-|

G --------------------------|-----------------0-2-4-2/4\2--2-2-|

D ------0---0-0h2-0---2/4\2-|-2/4\2--0---2-4-------------------|

A --0h2---2---------2-------|----------2-----------------------|

E --------------------------|----------------------------------|

[Verse]
D D G
I had nothing to do on this hot
afternoon
I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
A
But to settle down and write you a
D
line
But to settle down and write you a line
G
I've been meaning to phone you but
from Minnesota
I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota
A D
Hell it's been a very long time
Hell it's been a very long time
A
You wear it well
You wear it well
Em D/F# G*
A little old fashioned but that's all
-> A
right
A little old fashioned but that's all right
G*-> A

E ----------

B -------2--

G -------2--

D -------2--

A ---0-2----

E -3--------

[Verse]
D D G
Well I suppose you're thinking I bet
he's sinking
Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking
A D
Or he wouldn't get in touch with me
G
Oh I ain't begging or losing my head
Oh I ain't begging or losing my head
A D
I sure do want you to know
A
That you wear it well
Em D/F# *G
There ain't a lady in the land so
A
fine, oh my
There ain't a lady in the land so fine, oh my
[Verse]
D D G
Remember them basement parties,
Your brother's karate
A D
The all day rock and roll shows
G
Them homesick blues and radical views
Them homesick blues and radical views
A D
Haven't left a mark on you,
A
You wear it well
Em D/F# *G
A little out of time but I don't
A
mind
A little out of time but I don't mind
[Interlude]
D D G
But I ain't forgetting that you were
D
once mine
But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
G D
But I blew it without even tryin'
G
Now I'm eatin' my heart out
A D D
Tryin' to get a letter through
[Instrumental]
A A Em D/F# *G A D D Em
Em D/F#
Since you've been gone it's hard to
*G A
carry on
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on
[Verse]
D D G
I'm gonna write about the birthday
gown that I bought in town
I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town
A
When you sat down and cried on the
D
stairs
When you sat down and cried on the stairs
G
You knew it did not cost the earth,
but for what it's worth
You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth
A D
You made me feel a millionaire
A
And you wear it well
Em D/F# *G A
Madame Onassis got nothing on you, no
no
Madame Onassis got nothing on you, no no
[Verse]
D D G
Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm
getting told
Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told
A D
That I gotta get back to work
G
So when the sun goes low and you're
home all alone
So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone
A D
Think of me and try not to laugh
A
And I wear it well
Em D/F# *G A
I don't object if you call collect
[Interlude]
D D G
'Cos I ain't forgetting that you were
D
once mine
'Cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
G D
but I blew it without even tryin'
G A
Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to
D
get back to you
Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you
[Outro]
D Em Em Em D/F# *G A
D Em
I love ya, I love ya, I love ya,
Em D/F# *G A
I love ya
I love ya, I love ya, I love ya, I love ya
Oh yeah
D Em Em Em D/F# *G A
Oh yeah
D
After all the years I hope it's the
Em Em D/F# *G A
same address
After all the years I hope it's the same address
D
Since you've been gone it's hard to
Em Em D/F# *G A
carry on
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on