Save me now    (video)

 

   G                             - G

1.     I trusted a priest,        I fell to his feet,

                 F                            - C                                         G

    and he raised me up there,        and cut me off at the knees.

G                             - G

    I trusted the law,         they didn’t help me at all,

                      - F                                   - C                              G

    I wound up      black, blue, screwed,      in the back of his car.

 

D                                     Em    - C                       Am

 I don’t want to wake up alone,      I need you to hear me now,

D                               Em   - C                             Am

 I don’t want to do it alone,       I need you here with me now.

Em                                        G                             C                  - Am - D

 I don’t want to wait for your love, I need you to save me now !

         Em                                    G                                C               - Am - D

They got me and I’ll never give up, but I need you to save me now.

 

                      Em                                              G

+  Well, they feed upon the poor, my head is banging on the floor,

                  C

    yes, it’s over, yes, it’s over, they’re lying.

    D                                          Em                          C

    I don’t want to wait for your love, I need you to save me now,

 

    save me now.

 

   G                             - G

2.    I once had a girl,         I gave her my world,

                - F                                         C                                 G

    but she       played around, put me down, still wanted the pearl.

G                                   - G

    So I went to a priest,         yes, I fell to his feet,

                        F                   - C                                     G

    and he just raised me up        to cut me off at the knees.

 

+  CHORUS

 

                       Em                                      G

+  ‘Cause the priest and the law, truth is pounding at the door,

                  C

    yes, it’s over, yes, it’s over, they’re dying.

    D                                          Em                          C

    I don’t want to wait for your love, I need you to save me now,

 

    save me now.

 

     Em     G   - C - Am - D

+   Oh, oho .....                  (2x)

 

D                                     Em    - C                       Am

 I don’t want to wake up alone,      I need you to hear me now,

D                               Em   - C                             Am

 I don’t want to do it alone,       I need you here with me now.

Em                                        G                             C                 - Am - D

 I don’t want to wait for your love, I need you to save me now !

         Em                                    G                                C               - Am - D

They got me and I’ll never give up, but I need you to save me now.

 

                      Em                                              G

+  Well, they feed upon the poor, my head is banging on the floor,

                  C

    yes, it’s over, yes, it’s over, they’re lying.

    D                                          Em                          C

    I don’t want to wait for your love, I need you to save me now,

 

    save me now.

 

     Em     G   - C - Am - D                                 Em    - G - C - Am

+   Oh, oho .....                  (2x)      +  Save me now !

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Billy Idol)