| Mark Spencer guitar |
| Chuck Prophet acoustic guitar |
| Michael Been bass |
| Larry Aberman drums |
| Dave McNair percussion |
| C | G | |
| I don't believe a word you're | saying |
| F | |
| And I know the game you're | playing |
| G | |
| So it's only just for | now |
| C | |
| That I will let you take me | down |
| C | G | |
| You always manage to be | low |
| F | |
| So I don't have a chance to | go |
| G | |
| And it's just temporary | now |
| Ab | |
| That I will let you take me | down |
| C | Am | |
| Pick me | up on your way d | own |
| C7 | Dm | |
| Don't your | feet ever touch the | ground |
| Am | |
| You know they never make a s | ound |
| Ab | C | |
| And if I should ever turn out | right |
| Dm | |
| Say my prayers most every | night |
| G | |
| Now wouldn't that just be a | sight |
| C | G | |
| Now I aware I should know b | etter |
| F | |
| But I don't when we're | together |
| G | |
| I'll forgive myself someh | ow |
| C | |
| And I will let you take me | down |
| G | |
| I can't hold on to my | self |
| F | |
| And hold on to somebody | else |
| G | |
| So if I hold on to you n | ow |
| Ab | |
| Then I will let you take me | down |
| C | Am | |
| Pick me | up on your way d | own |
| C7 | Dm | |
| Don't your | feet ever touch the | ground |
| Am | |
| You know they never make a s | ound |
| Ab | C | |
| And if I should ever turn out | right |
| Dm | |
| Say my prayers most every | night |
| G | F | Am | F | Am | F | Am | G | |
| Now wouldn't that just be a | sight |
| SOLO |
| Ab | C | Am | |
| Pick me | up on your way d | own |
| C7 | Dm | |
| Don't your | feet ever touch the | ground |
| Am | |
| You know they never make a s | ound |
| Ab | C | |
| And if I should ever turn out | right |
| Dm | |
| Say my prayers most every | night |
| G | |
| Now wouldn't that just be a | sight |
| F | Am | F | Am | F | Am | G | C | F | C | F | C | |
| >From Kelly Willis "What I Deserve" |
| RYKO Records 1999 |
| Songs Of Polygram/Will She Kill Us(BMI)/Absinthe Music(BMI) |