Janie, don’t take you love to town (video)

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1. Sitting here, just watching you sleep,

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wish I could slip inside and be in some Technicolour dream,

C G Am

but the air’s too thick for one of us to breathe.

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I’m not fool enough to think you couldn’t live life without me.

F G C

I didn’t come this far to throw this towel in,

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I didn’t fight this hard to walk away,

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if I ain’t smart enough to say I’m sorry,

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it’s just because the words got in the way.

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2. I remember how it used to be,

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I was you and you were me, we were more than just the same.

C G

Now these shoes don’t fit, my skin’s too tight,

Am F

when you want a kiss, I take a bite,

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let your heart call up the cops, read me my rights.

F G C

Last night I drank enough to drown,

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raise a toast to your good looks and to my health.

Am E F

Look, we both know how much I’ve let you down,

F G C

Janie, don’t take your love to town.

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Janie, don’t you take your love to town,

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Janie, don’t you take your love to town.

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If I’ve got to beg, I’ll beg, just don’t walk away,

F G C

Janie, don’t you take your love to town.

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3. You deserve a shooter, a saint, someone to give it to you straight,

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to find a soul through flesh and bone.

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My life’s a treasure full of sunny weather, but it’s left me feeling cold,

C F C

now all you wanna do is take me home.

F G C

I hated you the night you said you loved me,

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I hated you ‘cause I couldn’t love myself.

Am E F

I’m begging you now, baby, please, just hold me,

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I got one foot in and one foot off the ground.

+ CHORUS

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+ Janie, don’t you take your love !

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4. Sitting here while you’re fast asleep,

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in the bathroom by the sink, trying to write the right words down.

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I turn out the lights, close my eyes,

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there ain’t no prayers or kiss goodnight,

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what I’ll forget to say tomorrow, I’ll say now.

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Janie don’t you take your love to town.

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Janie, don’t you take your love to town,

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Janie, don’t you take your love to town.

C Am E F Fm

If I’ve got to beg, I’ll beg, just don’t walk away,

F G C

Janie, don’t you take your love to town.

+ repeat CHORUS (2x)

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+ Janie don’t you take your love !

(Bon Jovi)