Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
D
C#
F#
Verse 1
C#
Take good care of what you've got
F#
My father said to me
C#
As he puffed his pipe and Baby B
F#
He dandled on his knee
B
D
Don't fool with fools who'll turn a way
C#
F#
Keep all good compa ny
C#
F#
Ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh
B
D
Take care of those you call your own
C#
F#
And keep good compa ny
Verse 2
C#
Soon I grew and happy too
F#
My very good friends and me
C#
We'd play all day with Sally J
F#
The girl from number four
B
Very soon, I begged her,
D
C#
F#
won't you keep me compa ny
C#
F#
Ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh
C#
F#
Ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh
B
D
Come marry me, for ever more
C#
F#
we'll be good compa ny
Interlude 1
B
D
C#
F#
Bridge 1
D#
G#m
Now marriage is an institution, sure
C#
F#
My wife and I, our needs, and nothing more
D#
G#m
All my friends by a year
E
G#m
By and by, disap peared
Bm
But we're safe enough
A#
be hind our door
Verse 3
C#
I flourished in my humble trade
F#
My reputation grew
C#
The work devoured my waking hours
F#
But when my time was through
B
Reward of all my efforts
D
C#
F#
My own limited compa ny
Interlude 2
C#
C#
F#
F#
C#
C#
F#
F#
E
B
D
C#
F#
E
B
I hardly noticed Sally
D
C#
Bm
D#m
as we parted compa ny
Bridge 2
G#m
All through the years,
E
G#m
in the end, it ap pears
Bm
F#
Bm
A#
There was never really anyone but me
Verse 4
C#
Now I'm old, I puff my pipe
F#
But no one's there to see
C#
F#
I ponder on the lesson of my life's insanity
B
D
Take care of those you call your own
C#
F#
And keep good compa ny
Outro 1
C#
C#
F#
F#
C#
C#
F#
F#
F#
B
D
C#
F#
C#
C#
F#
F#
C#
C#
F#
F#
F#
B
D
C#
F#
B
D
C#
F#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB D C# F# D#...
B
D
C#
F#
D#
G#m
E
Bm
A#
D#m
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