Someone Saved My Life Tonight

I When I think of those eastend lights,

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

I'm (F6)prima donna, lord, you really (G)should have been there,

sitting like a princess perched in a her electric chair.

And it's (Cm)one more beer, in and I don't hear you (A7)anymore.

me good.

We've all gone crazy late tonight.

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

(C)And someone saved my (G)life tonight,

(Am7)sugar bear.

(C)You almost had your (G)hooks in me,

(Am)didn't you, dear?

You (G)nearly (Cmaj7)had me roped and (G)tied,

(C)altar bound, (A7)hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear.

You're a butterfly, and (C)butterflies are free to fly.

(A7)Fly away, (G)high away, (B7)bye (C)bye.

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

a slip noose hanging the (F)in my darkest (C)dreams.

I'm (F6)strangled by your haunt you ed so (G)should cial scene,

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

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

damn it!

(A7)Listen to me good.

I'm all ing with myself tonight.

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

(C)And someone saved my (G)life tonight,

(Am7)sugar bear.

(C)You almost had your (G)hooks in me,

(Am)didn't you, dear?

You (G)nearly (Cmaj7)had me roped and (G)tied,

(C)altar bound, (A7)hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear.

You're a butterfly, and (C)butterflies are free to fly.

(A7)Fly away, (G)high away, (B7)bye (C)bye.

(Am7)And I would have walked head on into the (G)deep end of a river,

(Em11)clinging to your stock and bonds,

paying your (C)H.

P. demands forever.

(Am7)They're coming in the morning with a truck to take me home.

(Em11)Someone saved my life tonight, (C)someone saved my life tonight,

(Em11)someone saved my life tonight, (C)someone saved my life tonight,