Someone Saved My Life Tonight

I When I think of those eastend lights,

(Bb)of muggy nights, ers, the (F)curtains drawn in the (Eb)little room (Bb)downstairs,

I'm (Eb)prima donna, lord, you really (F)should have been there,

(Eb)sitting like a princess perched in a her electric chair.

And it's (Bbm)one more beer, in and I don't hear you (G)anymore.

me We've all gone crazy late toly,

my friends out there thank rollin' 'round the (F)basement floor.

(Bb)And someone saved my (F)life tonight,

(Gm7)sugar bear.

(Bb)You almost had your (F)hooks in me,

(Gm7)didn't you, dear?

You (F)nearly (Bb)had me roped and (F)tied,

(Bb)altar bound, (G7)hypnotized, sweet (F)freedom whispered in my ear.

You're a (G)butterfly, and (Bb)butterflies are free to fly,

(G7)fly away, (F)high away, (Bb)byebye.

(F)I never realized the passing hours (Bb)of evening show ers,

a (F)slipnoose hanging the (Eb)in my darkest (Bb)dreams.

I'm (Eb)strangled by your haunt you ed so (F)should cial scene,

there, (Eb)just a like pawn prin outplayed by a dominating queen.

And It's (Bbm)four o'clock in the morning,

damn it!

(G)Listen to me

We've I'm ing with myself to night.

my Saved in time, thank God my music's (F)still alive.

(Bb)And someone saved my (F)life tonight,

(Gm7)sugar bear.

(Bb)You almost had your (F)hooks in me,

(Gm7)didn't you, dear?

You (F)nearly (Bb)had me roped and (F)tied,

(Bb)altar bound, (G7)hypnotized, sweet (F)freedom whispered in my ear.

You're a (G)butterfly, and (Bb)butterflies are free to fly,

(G7)fly away, (F)high away, (Bb)byebye.

(G7)And I would have walked head on into the (F)deep end of a river,

(Dm)clinging to your stocks and bonds,

paying your (Bb)H.

P. demands (Gm7)forever.

They're coming in the morning with a truck to take me home.

(Dm)Someone saved my life (Bb)tonight.

Someone saved my life tonight.

(Dm)Someone saved my life (Bb)tonight.