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