| Ab | Eb | |
| A man and | a woman |
| Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | |
| Come together as | strangers. |
| Ab | |
| When they part |
| Eb | Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | |
| They're | usually strangers | still. |
| Ab | Eb | |
| It's like a | practical | joke |
| Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | |
| Played on us by our | Maker. |
| Ab | |
| Empty bottles, |
| Eb | Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | Bbsus4 | Bb | |
| That can't be | filled. |
| Cm | Dm | |
| Baby, who's to | say |
| Eb | F | |
| It coulda been | different now that it's | done. |
| Cm | |
| (Baby, who's to | say....) |
| Dm | |
| Baby, who's to | say |
| Eb | F | |
| That it shoulda | been any | way. |
| Cm | Dm | |
| Baby, who's to | say |
| Eb | F | |
| That it even | matters in the | long run. |
| Cm | |
| (Baby, who's to | say.) |
| Dm | |
| Give it just a | minute. |
| Eb | F | |
| And | it'll blow a | way. |
| It'll blow away. |
| Gm | Eb | F |
| You fancy me to be |
| The master of your feelings. |
| You barely bruise me |
| With your looks to kill. |
| Though I admit |
| We were sometimes brutal in our dealings, |
| I never held you against your will. |
| Chorus |
| Jam on verse chords |
| Gm | Eb | F |
| Your case against me is so |
| Very clearly stated |
| I plead no contest, |
| I turn and shrug. |
| I've come to figure all importance |
| overestimated. |
| You must mean water when you beg for blood. |
| Intro Chords for the improv part. |
| Intro |
| (^) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off (b) Bend |
| Fsus4 | F | Fsus4 | F |
E-------1-----1---|---1---1---1---- B-------1-----1---|---1---1---1---- G-------3-----2---|---3---3---2---- D-------3-----3---|---3---3---3---- A-------3-----3---|---3---3---3---- E-------1-----1---|---1---1---1----
| Fsus4 | F | Eb | Bb |
E------1-----1----|----3--6---------6-- B------1-----1----|-4---------3--6----- G------3-----2----|-------------------- D------3-----3----|-------------------- A------3-----3----|-------------------- E------1-----1----|--------------------