i won’t take the blame
The first version here I transcribed a while back, further down the page is the
transcription recently (April 1999) submitted by Dave Bieler.
Capo 4th fret
NB. transcribed from the acoustic version, might differ slightly from the album version.
Em Em(F#) G (repeat)
G C G C-G
Daylight comes with such surprising speed
G C Am D
Yesterday You talked of love and now you want to leave
G C G C-G
Dont expect me to stand in your way
G C Am D
I am powerless to alter any action you might take
G C
But I won't take the Blame
G C Am
I was not thet one who played the joker in this game
G C D
I am not the one who feels nothing anymore
Am C (Am no chord)
So if you walk out that door I won't take the blame
Short instrumental
Em Em(F#) G (repeat)
G C G C-G
As I looked at the girl I once adored
G C Am D
You tell me that I hold you back You tell me that you're bored
G C G C-G
So Like a pair of clowns we stand around an fight
G C Am D
But why don't you get it over with and walk out of my life
G C
But I won't take the Blame
G C Am
I was not thet one who played the joker in this game
G C D
I am not the one who feels nothing anymore
Am C (Am no chord)
So if you walk out that door I won't take the blame
Am D
And the steps of this stone church
G C
are peppered with confetti hearts
Am D
like a million little love affairs
Am D G
waiting to fall apart
Instr C Em D Am C D
G C
But I won't take the Blame
G C Am
I was not thet one who played the joker in this game
G C D
I am not the one who feels nothing anymore
Am C (Am no chord)
So if you walk out that door I won't take the blame
Em
I won't take the blame
i won't take the blame
Capo 2nd fret
Chords Used:
Asus2 Dsus2 Bmin E A A/G#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02200 xx0230 x24432 022100 x02220 402220
A/F#
EADGBE
202220
Note: All of the sus2 chords are my interpretation for effect. To be
closer to the original, use full major chords. I use the sus2 versions
when I finger-pick the chords, full majors when strumming with a pick.
Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2
Daylight comes with such surprising speed
Dsus2 Bmin E
Yesterday you talked of love and now you want to leave
Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2
But don't expect me to stand in your way
Dsus2 Bmin E
I am powerless to alter any action you might take
A A/G# A/F# E Dsus2
And I won't take the blame
A A/G# A/F# E Dsus2 E
I was not the one who played the joker in this game
A A/G# A/F# E Dsus E
I was not the one who feels nothing anymore
Bmin D A
So if you walk out that door, I won't take the blame
And as I look at the girl I once adored
You tell me that I hold you back you tell me that you're bored
So like a pair of clowns we stand around and fight
Why can't you get it over with and walk out of my life?
And I won't take the blame
I was not the one who played the joker in this game
I was not the one who feels nothing anymore
So if you walk out that door, I won't take the blame
D E A A/G# A/F# A/E
And the steps of this old church are peppered with confetti hearts
D E D E A
Like a million little love affairs waiting to fall apart
Transcribed by Dave Bieler