Climax Blues Band, Couldn't Get It Right (1976)
Key: :[Gm] (w: Climax Blues Band)
INTRO: [Gm]
VERSE 1:
[Gm] Time is driftin', this rock has got to roll
^
[Gm]^
[F]^
[D#] So I hit the road and made my
[Gm] getaway
^
[A#]^
[F]^
[Gm] Restless feeling, I really gotta hold
^
[Gm]^
[F]^
[D#] I started searching for a
[C] better
[C open] way
CHORUS:
And I
[A#] kept on looking for a
[F] sign in the middle of the
[Cm] night
But I couldn't see the ^
[Cm] light ^
[D]^
[D#], no I couldn't see the
[A#] light
[F]
I
[A#] kept on looking for a
[F] way to take me through the
[Cm] night
But I couldn't get it
[G#] right, no I couldn't get it
[C] right
VERSE 2:
[Gm] L.A. fever, made me feel alright
^
[Gm]^
[F]^
[D#] But I must admit it got the
[Gm] best of me
^
[A#]^
[F]^
[Gm] Gettin' down, so deep I nearly drowned
^
[Gm]^
[F]^
[D#] I can't get back to where I
[C] used to
[C open] be
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
[Gm] New York City, took me with the tide
^
[Gm]^
[F]^
[D#] I nearly died from hospit-
[Gm]-ality
^
[A#]^
[F]^
[Gm] Left me stranded and took away my pride
^
[Gm]^
[F]^
[D#] Just another know it all
[C] fatali-
[C open]-ty
REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]