She’s got to be a saint     (video)

 

    ….G ~

 

           G                              Bm

1. I'm out late every night, doing things that ain't right,

Am                                 - D

    and she'll cry for me.

                       D7

    When I'm down in the dumps and she nurses my lumps,

                     G

    how she cries for me !

                       G              G7                     G              G7

    And she'll never complain, she keeps hiding the pain,

C                                 Cm

    but I know all the while :

                G                                    Am                         D

    She's not feeling too well ‘cause I put her through hell.

                   C                     - G

    Still she forces a smile.

 

            G                      - G7                            C        - Am

She's got to be a saint,        Lord knows, that I ain't,

   D                   D7                             - C                   G

I finally realize right before my eyes,       here is a saint !

 

                       G                      - Bm

2. There's a dress in the shop          that'll make her eyes pop.

                    Am              - D

    but she'll look away.

                    D7                                                             G

    She'd've gotten a lift if I bought her that gift for her birthday,

                  G                  G7              G             G7

    But her birthday has come and I feel like a bum

C                              Cm

    cause I spent my last dime

              G                                       Am              D

    on a worthless old friend, on a drunken weekend,

             C                                   - G

    I've done it time after time.

 

+  CHORUS

 

(orig. moves up a full note to capo 5th here)      +  A7 - D - A7 - D

 

                      G                     - Bm

3. Should I stay should I go,          I really don't know,

           Am                    - D

    my mind's in a blur.

                    D7

    Soon it's gonna be dawn and if she finds me gone,

                        G

    would it be best for her ?

                     G              G7          G                    G7

    I see her cry in her sleep so I kiss her wet cheek,

C                                 Cm

    I kneel by her and pray.

                 G                             Am            D

    And I'll turn off the light step out in the night,

                 C                   - G

    and I'll go on my way.

 

            G                      - G7                            C        - Am

She's got to be a saint,        Lord knows, that I ain't,

   D                   D7                             - C                  Em    - Cm

I finally realize right before my eyes,       here is a saint !

 

+  Am - D - Am - D - G

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Ray Price)