The Statler Brothers – One Takes The Blame (Guitar)

          E
When it's over                                       

                 A     F#m
And God knows as well as we it is

       B7
When we pack up and stack up

                       E        F#m
What's hers and what's his

B7           E
When we make up

                           A        F#m
The stories that cover up the shame

B7
They never will believe

A                B
So one takes the bow one takes the

E       B7
blame

            E
It won't be easy

                                A
To throw away so many years and smiles

F#m                 B7
     But don't feel guilty

                        E      F#m   B7
We gave it our best for awhile

       E
But the story we tell our friends

                  A
Must always be the same

      B7
Cause they never would believe

A              B                   E
One takes the bow one takes the blame

A              B                   E
One takes the bow one takes the blame

A              B
That's the way you have to play the

E
game

A                 B7
Your friends need someone

         E              C#m
They can talk about and blame

F#
And God forbid for my friends need the

B7
same

            E
When we get lonely

                            A       F#m
And lonely we'll get now and then

       B7
Just remember that somewhere

                     E              F#m
We both still have a friend

                           A        F#m
And ours went as gently as it came

   B7
So for all the years I've loved you

                             A
And you know I really loved you

             B                 E
You take the bow I'll take the blame

A            B7                E
You take the bow I'll take the blame