Somebody Saved Me

G
I stood at the door beside her
        Cadd9
But she wouldn't let me pass
      G
I was such a bore and I lied to her
         Cadd9
I said I didn't really want her ass
  Bm               Em
I went away in the mud and rain
    Bm                    Em
The gang became snide and laughed
      Am           Am/G
I was slayed but I smiled and the pain
F
Began to subside at last

    Bm                 D
And when I got back to my hotel
  Bm                                D
I wondered if the thunder meant I'd landed in hell
G          G/F#
And on the forecourt, I slipped and fell
Em7                 G/F#
I   cracked my stupid head and I heard a bell
           Esus4 E7 E
I thought, hey

[Chorus]
         A                     G     D
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A                         G      D
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A     E/A                        G      Bm
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven
              G
'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour
                    Esus4    E
I'd have wanted her forever
         A        G   D
Somebody saved me

[Verse 2]
G
You would have thought that I'd have learned
Cadd9
Twenty years ago or more
  G
A beautiful girl raised her mouth and yearned
      Cadd9
But I didn't know what lips were for
  Bm              Em
I ran away in the mud and rain
    Bm                        Em
The weather here is never too bright
      Am                     Am/G
She'd had an affray with her man and came
    F
For solace and the means to fight

    Bm                 D
She finally bored with seducing me
    Bm                                D
And took up with some geezer from the Ealing scene
G               G/F#
It nearly killed him like it would've killed me
     Em7           G/F#      Esus4  E7   E
When her original man snapped his fingers and she obeyed, she obeyed

[Chorus]
         A                     G     D
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A                         G      D
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A     E/A                        G      Bm
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven
              G
'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour
                    Esus4    E
I'd have wanted her forever

[Bridge]
A                  A9       E/A
I don't know about guardian angels
A                  A9      E/A
All I know about's staying alive
Gmaj7               Gmaj9
I can't shout about spiritual labels
Gmaj7                    Gmaj9
When little ones die and big ones thrive

E
All I know is that I've been making it
E
And there've been times that I didn't deserve to
E
Every show, there's been more faking it
E
But right at the point of no return

[Chorus]
         A                     G     D
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A                         G      D
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A     E/A                        G      Bm
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven
             G
'Cause if I blew it for a single moment
                    Esus4    E
I'd blow it forever
             A        G  D
But somebody saves me

[Verse 3]
G
I took up the connection once
Cadd9
Made me feel quite aloof
G
I never could queue to collect my lunch
      Cadd9
While I was pursuing the truth
     Bm                   Em
So I left my folks in the mud and rain
   Bm                        Em
It always rains in Sunnyside Road
  Am                 Am/G
I lived hippy jokes, getting stoned insane
         F
'Til the rain looked just like snow

    Bm                       D
But there was a soul in whom I could depend
   Bm                         D
He worked himself crazy while I laid in bed
G                    G/F#
I never leaned on a person like I leaned right then
 Em7  G/F#
And when I finally woke up clean
              Esus4  E7   E
My friend was dead, stone dead

[Outro]
         A            A9       G     D
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A           A9            G      D
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A     E/A                   G      D
Somebody saved me, I ain't ready for heaven
              G
'Cause if I'd seen you for a second
                           Esus4    E
I'd have wanted to see you forever
         A        G  G/F#
Somebody saved me
         A
Somebody saved me