Key: A major
Intro 1
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
F#
B
E
Verse 1
E
You had style,
you had class
A
E
You had everything to make a love last
You had grace, you had charm
A
E
You had me hanging on your arm
Verse 2
E
When I found out you were a fake
F#
You ran up and bit me like a snake
E
And I wasn't ready to let go
F#
B
Em
And let all my feelings show
G
A
Tell me why
Verse 3
E
you wanna be so cold?
A
E
Why you wanna be so mean?
A
You've gone and let your
E
true colors show
F#
B
You're a perpetual blues machine
E
Verse 4
We could've been just fine
A
E
If you had only been all mine
I was for real but you did not know
A
That you were steppin' on my heart
E
As you were walking out the door
Verse 5
E
Now I know just who you are
F#
And it's a damn good thing
we didn't get too far
E
I'm not the one that's right for you
F#
You need a man to do your rolling
B
E
Like you want him to do
Verse 6
A
E
Baby why you wanna be so cold?
A
E
Why you wanna be so mean?
A
You've gone and let your true colors show
E
F#
B
You're a perpetual blues machine
E
Interlude 1
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E
A
E
Verse 7
E
Now you've gone
and I'm glad
F#
That we didn't let it get too bad
E
You know I tried to make it go
F#
E
But there was just no way to tell you so
A
Baby why
Verse 8
E
you wanna be so cold?
A
E
Why you wanna be so mean?
A
You've gone and let your true colors show
E
F#
B
You're a perpetual blues machine
Verse 9
E
Em
A
E
Tell me why you wanna be so cold?
A
E
Why you wanna be so mean?
A
You've gone and let your
E
true colors show
F#
B
You're a perpetual blues machine
E
F#
B
Per petual blues machine
B
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