Tears Won't Help[+]
Riff
E-2-2-2-2-2---
B-3-3-3-3-3---
G-0-2-4-0-2---
D-0-0-0-0-0---
A-0-0-0-0-0---
E-------------
[Intro:]
Play the riff twice then strum a D-chords
and repeat this several times.
Playing tip: Before playing the riff during the verse, play
a "solo" on the bass-strings, just D-A-D while holding the D-chord.
This makes it sound more close to the original.
Verse I:
D A G D [Riff]
Oh my friend what have they done to you
D A G D [Riff]
Held you down until you liked the view
D A G
Strangers on the street, they mock you
D A G D
Phantoms in your sleep might shock you
Chorus:
C G D
But I don't want to be the one to hold you down
C G D
I don't want to be the one to turn away
C G D A---G
I don't want to be the wolf when you caaaall
D C
'Cause tears won't help at all
Verse II:
Oh, Delilah is the message clear?
It's been raining down for years and years
Never claimed I was a saint
The whiskers they betray the greasepaint
[Chorus:]
But I don't want to be the one to hold you down
And I don't want to be the one to turn away
I don't wanna be the wolf when you call
'Cause tears won't help at all
D C
'Cause tears won't help at all
D C
'Cause tears won't help at all
D C
'Cause tears won't help at all
[Verse III:]
D A G D
Oh the answer to my greatest fears
D A G D [Riff]
Oh the reason for the wasted years
D A G
So in love with your own pain
D A G
You stay inside and pray for rain
D A G
Where losers always win the game
D A G
You fall in love with your own shame
Chorus:
But I don't want to be the one to hold you down
I don't want to be the one to turn away
I don't want to be the wolf when you call
'Cause tears won't help
Chorus:
And I don't want to be the one to hold you down
I don't want to be the one to turn away
I don't want to be the wolf when you call
'Cause tears won't help at all
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