Misc Musicals – Girl From The North Country - Sweetheart Like You - True Love Tends To Forget (Guitar)

              E              C#m
Well the pressure's down, the boss ain't here.

                        B      A
He's gone north for a while.

                      E                   C#m
They say that vanity got the best of him,

                         B        A
But he sure left here in style.

C#m7                      F#m7                C#m7            F#m7
By the way, that's a cute hat, and a smile so hard to resist.

E             B            C#m B A
  What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?

            E                    C#m
You know I once knew a woman who looked like you,

               B                    A
She wanted a whole man, not just a half.

              E                      Dbm
She used to call me sweet daddy when I was only a child,

     B                           A
You remind me of her when you laugh.

    C#m7                            F#m7
In order to deal you gotta make the queen disappear,

     C#m7                     F#m7
It's done with a flick of the wrist.

E             B            C#m B         A
  What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?

                 B
You know, you could make a name for yourself.

                 C#m
You could hear those tires squeal.

         B          A
You could be known as the most beautiful woman

                  F#m7
Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal

            A  C#m                     Bm
I'm getting weary looking in my baby's eyes

           A    C#m                      Bm
When she's near me she's so hard to recognize.

      C#m        Bm              A          D
But I finally realize there's no room for regret,

A    D     A    D     A    D    E11         A       E
True love, true love, true love tends to forget.

 A  C#m          Bm
Hold me, baby be near,

    A   C#m                      Bm
You told me that you'd be sincere.

      C#m        Bm                  A          D
Every day of the year's like playin' Russian roulette,

A    D     A    D     A    D    E11         A         E
True love, true love, true love tends to forget.

      G                                   A
I was lyin' down in the reeds without any oxygen

  G                          D
I saw you in the wilderness among the men.

        Dm                           A
Saw you drift into infinity and come back again

Esus4                              E
All you got to do is wait and I'll tell you when.

        A         C#m                 Bm
You belong to me, baby, without any doubt,

          A         C#m                Bm
Don't forsake me, baby, don't sell me out.

              C#m      Bm             A         D
Don't keep me knockin' about from Mexico to Tibet,

A    D    E11         A
True love tends to forget.

              E               C#m
They say that, "Patriotism is the last refuge

B                      A
  To which a scoundrel clings"

E                          C#m
  Steal a little and they throw you in jail

         B                      A
Steal a lot and they make you king

           C#m7                 F#m7
There's only one step down from here, baby

                C#m7                    F#m7
It's called the land of permanent bliss

E             B            C#m B A
  What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?

E             B            C#m B A
  What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?