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For the Sake of the Song

Townes Van Zandt
ChordsKeyGCapoFret 4beginner
4.8(87)

Chords in this song4

capo 4 — sounds 4 semitones higher

Intro

    
    

Verse

Why does she sing her sad songs for me I'm not the one
To tenderly bring her soft sympathy I've just begun
To see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall
I can lay down a tear for her pain just a tear and that's all 
What does she want me to do?
She says that she knows the moments are rare I suppose that it's true
Then on she goes to say I don't care how she knows...but I do

Chorus

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?      

Verse

She'd like to think I was cruel but she knows that's a lie for I would be
No more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me
All my sorrow is real even tho I can't change my plans
If she could see how I feel then I know that she'd understand 
Aw does she actually think I'm to blame?
Does she really believe that some word of mine could relieve all her pain?
Can't she see that she grieves just because she's been blindly deceived by her shame?

Chorus

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?      

Verse

Aw but nothin's what it seems, maybe she'll start some day to realize
If she abandons her dreams then all the words she can say are only lies
Aw when will she see that the game is only to lose
All that she offers me are her chains and I've got to refuse 
Aw but its only to herself that she's lied
She likes to pretend there's something that she should defend with her pride
And I don't intend to stand here and be the friend from whom she must hide

Chorus

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?      

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