Del Amitri, Be My Downfall (1992)
Key: :[B] (w: Justin Currie)
INTRO: ^
[B] [E] // ^
[B] [E] // ^
[B] [F#] //
[B]
VERSE 1:
[B] The bus is pulling
[E] out, and I guess I'd better
[B] go
Be-
[C#m]-fore I make a
[E] grave mistake, and let my feelings
[F#] show
[B] And twenty miles a-
[E]-way, she waits alone for
[B] me
But
[C#m] when I try to
[E] picture her, you're the one I
[F#] see
And in an-
[E]-other situ-
[B]-ation, I could put
[F#] up a
[E] fight
But you will be
[F#] my downfall to-^
[B]-night
[E] ^
[B] [E]
VERSE 2:
[B] So the night is coming
[E] down, drowing us in
[B] blue
And
[C#m] it all points to-
[E]-ward the things, we know we shouldn't
[F#] do
[B] And as I look at
[E] you, and fall under your
[B] spell
Well I
[C#m] know I should be
[E] thinking of her, lying there her-
[F#]-self
And when
[E] faced with temp-
[B]-tation, you know a man should
[F#] stand a
[E] fight
But
[C#m] you will be my
[F#] downfall to-
[B]-night
CHORUS:
Be my
[D#m] downfall, be
[F#] my great regret
Be the
[C#m] one girl, that I'll
[F#] never forget
[C#m] Be my undoing, be my slow road to
[F#] ruin to-
[B]-night
BREAK: ^
[B] [E] // ^
[B] [E] // ^
[B] [F#] //
[B]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
[B] So the bus is pulling
[E] out and I'm grounded here with
[B] you
And I
[C#m] want to say the
[E] sweet things babe I've always wanted
[F#] to
So
[E] tell me now the
[B] tail-lights have gone
[F#] out of
[E] sight
Baby want you be my
[F#] downfall once again to-
[B]-night
[B open]