For the Sake of the Song Townes Van Zandt
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Verse:
[A]Why does she sing[D] her sad songs for [A]me? I'm not the[A] one
[A]to tenderly bring[D] her soft sympathy.[A] I've just beg[A]un
[E]to see me way clear and its [E]plain if I stop I should [A]fall. [A]
[E]I can lay down a tear for he[E]r pain, just a tear and that'[A]s all. [A]
Pre-chorus:
[D]What does she want me to [A]do? S[D]he says that she knows
[E]these moments are rare, I supp[D]ose that it's true.[A]
[D]Then on she goes to[E] say I don't care, ah, she k[D]nows that I do. [A]
Chorus:
[E]Maybe she just has to sin[E]g for the sake of the so[A]ng [A]
And [E]who do I think that I am to decide that she's [A]wrong?
(back to intro)
She'd like to[A] think that I'm cruel, [D]but she knows that's a[A] lie for I would be
no more than a tool [D]if I allowed her to [A]cry all over me.
Oh my[E] sorrow is real even though I can't change my[A] plan
If she could [E]see how I feel then I know that she'd under[A]stand
Oh does she [D]actually think I'm to [A]blame?
Does she [D]really believe that [E]some word of mine can re[D]lieve all her [A]pain?
Can't she [D]see that she grieves be[E]cause she's been blindly de[D]ceived by her [A]shame?
Chorus:
[E]Maybe she just has to sin[E]g for the sake of the so[A]ng [A]
And [E]who do I think that I am to decide that she's [A]wrong?
[A]Nothin's what it seems, [D]maybe she'll start some[A]day to realize
If she [A]abandons her dreams, [D]all the words she can [A]say are only lies
[E]when will she see that to gain is only to [A]lose?
All that [E]she offers me are her chains, I got to re[A]fuse.
Oh but it's [D]only to herself that she's [A]lied
she [D]likes to pretend it's [E]something that she must de[D]fend, with her [A]pride
and [D]I don't intend to [E]stand her and be the [D]friend from whom she must [A]hide.
Chorus:
[E]Maybe she just has to sin[E]g for the sake of the so[A]ng [A]
And [E]who do I think that I am to decide that she's [A]wrong?
chorus 1 1/2 times and out
Repeat and enjoy.
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