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