Patty Smyth - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
Tuning: Open C6 (G C E A)
Arranged key: G major (G A B C D E F# G)
Original key: Bb major (Bb C D Eb F G A Bb), either put a capo on the third fret or transpose to +3
Tempo: 83 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
[Intro]
G Em F G x2
[Verse 1]
G Em
Now I don't wanna lose you, but I don't wanna use you
F G
Just to have somebody by my side
G Em
And I don't wanna hate you, I don't wanna take you
F G
But I don't wanna be the one to cry
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C G C G
And I don't really matter, to anyone anymore
C Bm
But like a fool I keep losing my place
D
And I keep seeing you walk through that door
[Chorus 1]
C G D G
But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
C G D G
And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust
C G D Em
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
C D
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough
[Interlude 1]
G Em F G
[Verse 2]
G Em
Now I could never change you, I don't wanna blame you
F G
Baby you don't have to take the fall
G Em
Yes I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you
F G
Maybe I just wanna have it all
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C G C G
It makes a sound like thunder, it makes me feel like rain
C Bm
And like a fool who will never see the truth
D
I keep thinking something's going to change
[Chorus 2]
C G D G
But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
C G D G
And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust
C G D Em
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
C D G
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough
[Bridge]
F C G F C G
And there's no way home, when it's late at night and you're all alone
Em Bm C Em Bm Am
Are there things that you wanted to say, do you feel me beside you in your bed
D
There beside you where I used to lay
[Interlude 2]
G Em F G x2
[Chorus 3]
C G D G
And there's a danger in loving somebody too much
C G D G
And it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch
C G D Em
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are
C D Em
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough
C D
Baby sometimes love, it just ain't enough
[Outro]
G Em F G
Chords:
G (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3) or (3 5 5 4 3 3)
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 8 7)
F (1 3 3 2 1 1) or (X X 3 2 1 1)
C (X 3 2 0 1 0) or (8 10 10 9 8 8)
Bm (X 2 4 4 3 2) or (7 9 9 7 7 7)
D (X X 0 2 3 2) or (X 5 7 7 7 5)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
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//Robert
