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