How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)

	 
[Intro]
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] x4
[Versetto]
G          C            G     
I'm quite contented to take my
   C 
 chances  
I'm quite contented to take my chances  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
G           C               G  
Against the Guildensterns &
  C 
 Rosenkrantzes  
Against the Guildensterns & Rosenkrantzes  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
G       C         G      C 
It's a matter of Cain & Abel  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
    G               C          G   
And I can feel your knee underneath
      C 
 the table  
And I can feel your knee underneath the table  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ]
[Ritornello]
Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so
 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A  
How could you want him when you know
      C         G 
 you could have me?
How could you want him when you know you could have me?
[Strumentale]
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ]
[Versetto]
G               C              G  
See the pigeons peck & peck to
       C 
 pay their dues
See the pigeons peck & peck to pay their dues
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 

            G             C       
But they'll peck a little extra to
    G          C 
 resole their shoes
But they'll peck a little extra to resole their shoes
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ]  
 
G             C        G        C 
He's with the pigeons pecking crumbs
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
G          C         G              
I'm on my deathbed bleeding with the
     C 
 cherubim  
I'm on my deathbed bleeding with the cherubim  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ]
[Ritornello]
Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so
 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A  
How could you want him when you know
   C         G 
 you could have me?
How could you want him when you know you could have me?
[Strumentale]
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ]
[Ponte]
D                         C 
Ferocious angels send me falling
 stars 
Ferocious angels send me falling stars 
    D                C 
But I know just how dangerous wishes
 are 
But I know just how dangerous wishes are 
D                          C 
Ferocious angels watch me come and go
 
Ferocious angels watch me come and go 
D                           F      
But I'm not too smart to go barging
      C           G        D 
 off roof tops, though...  no
But I'm not too smart to go barging off roof tops, though...  no
[Strumentale]
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] x8
[Versetto]
G           C             G      C 
Sit out September on the window sill 
 
Sit out September on the window sill  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
           G            C         
'Cause you can't drink wine from a
  G         C 
 two dollar bill  
'Cause you can't drink wine from a two dollar bill  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
      G           C            G     
Saint Christopher lives on the end of
   C 
 a quill  
Saint Christopher lives on the end of a quill  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ] 
  
G          C    G    C          
Leave him a d-i-i-iamond in your
  G        C 
 la-a-ast will  
Leave him a d-i-i-iamond in your la-a-ast will  
[ G G  C C ]
[Ritornello]
Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so
 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A  
How could you want him when you know
      C         G 
 you could have me?  
How could you want him when you know you could have me?  
[ G G  C C   G G  C C ]
[Outro]
Bb                               A  
How could you want him when you know
      C         G 
 you could have me?  
How could you want him when you know you could have me?  
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 G G  C C   G G  C C ]                                     (x4)