Tracy Chapman, Give Me One Reason (1994)
Key: :[F#] (w: Tracy Chapman)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
CHORUS:
[F#] Give me one reason to stay here,
[B] and I'll
[C#] turn right back a-
[F#]-round
[B] Give me one reason to stay here, and I'll
[C#] turn right back a-
[F#]-round
Said I
[C#] don't want to leave you lonely,
[B] you've got to make me change my
[F#] mind
VERSE 1:
[F#] Baby I got your number,
[B] oh and I
[C#] know that you've got
[F#] mine
[B] You know that I called you, I
[C#] called too many
[F#] times
You can
[C#] call me baby, you can
[B] call me anytime, you got to
[F#] call me
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 2:
I don't
[F#] want no one to squeeze me,
[B] they might
[C#] take away my
[F#] life
I don't
[B] want no one to squeeze me, they might
[C#] take away my
[F#] life
I just
[C#] want someone to hold me, oh
[B] and rock me through the
[F#] night
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
This
[F#] youthful heart can love you,
[B] and give
[C#] you what you
[F#] need
I said this
[B] youthful heart can love you, and
[C#] give you what you
[F#] need
But I'm
[C#] too old to go chasing you around,
[B] wasting my precious ener-
[F#]-gy
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 4:
[F#] Baby just give me one reason,
[B] give me
[C#] just one reason
[F#] why
[B] Baby just give me one reason, give me
[C#] just one reason
[F#] why
I said I
[C#] told you that I love you,
[B open] and there ain't no more to say
[F# open] 