The Band – Forbidden Fruit (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am A Am A A D A [Verse 1]
A                        D      A
High and lonesome out on Times Square

A                         D     A
Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer

A                           D      A
Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf

A                          D      A
People only want what they cannot have
[Chorus]
          B
Forbidden fruit

           D                E          A     D  A
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste

          B
Forbidden fruit

               D               E          A     D  A
You've got one life that you'd better not waste
[Verse 2]
A                        D        A
How can I walk with this ball and chain?

A                      D    A
How can I land in this hurricane?

A                        D      A
Or is this part of man's evolution

A                  D         A
To be torn between truth and illusion?
[Chorus]
          B
Forbidden fruit

           D                E          A     D  A
That's the route that you'd better not take

          B
Forbidden fruit

           D           E          A      D  A
Just watch out for the sign of the snake
[Bridge] C Bm D E C Bm D E [Verse 3]
A                  D             A
Little brother got caught in the web

A                      D      A
He ran off to join the living dead

A                               D            A
Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill

A                D          A
He sold his soul just for a thrill
[Chorus]
          B
Forbidden fruit

       D      E          A    D  A
In hot pursuit out on a limb

          B
Forbidden fruit

            D      E        A    D  A
Your whole world is closing in
[Verse 4]
A                        D      A
You got the picture but missed the drift

A                    D         A
About me workin' the graveyard shift

A                      D      A
I never went in for no burglary

A                      D        A
But there's a stranger inside of me
[Chorus]
          B
Forbidden fruit

           D              E     A          D  A
Don't you shoot the whole works away

          B
Forbidden fruit

          D        E        A        D  A
It's too high of a price to pay
[Bridge] C Bm D E C Bm D E [Solo] A D A A D A A D A A D A C Bm D E Am C Bm D E A [Verse 5]
A                       D   A
How can you hear with a bad connection?

A                          D   A
You can't see when there's no reception

A                         D         A
Keep your distance, don't fool with taboo

A                         D         A
'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you
[Chorus]
          B
Forbidden fruit

           D                 E         A          D  A
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste

          B
Forbidden fruit

           D                   E          A          D  A
You've got one life that you'd better not waste
[Outro] C Bm D E C Bm D E A Am A Am