Chords for DAVID GATES (1992) - TNN ("'Guitar Man" & "Sweet Surrender")

Ladies and gentlemen, David Gates.
Thank you, thank you very much.
_ _ [G]
Thank you.
_ _ _ [D] I love you, [G] David.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Who _ [G] draws the crowd [C] and plays so loud?
Baby, [D] it's the guitar man. _
[G] Who's gonna steal [C] the show?
You know, baby, [D] it's the guitar man.
He [Em] can make you laugh.
He [C] can make you cry.
He [Em] will bring you down.
[A] He'll get you high. _
[Em] Something keeps him going.
[Bm] Miles and miles a day.
[Am] To find another place [D] to play. _ _
[G] Night after night, [C] who treats you right?
Baby, [D] it's the guitar man. _
[G] Who's on the [C] radio?
You go listen [D] to the guitar man.
Then [Em] he comes to town.
And [C] you see his face.
And [Em] you think you might like [A] to take his place.
_ [Em] Something keeps him drifting.
[Bm] Miles and miles away.
_ [Am] [C] Searching for the songs [D] to play. _
Then [Am] you listen to [G#] the music [C] and you like to [D] sing along.
[G] You want to [D] get the meaning [Em] out of each and [E] every song.
[Am] Then you find yourself a [A] message [Am] and some words to [D] call your own.
And [E] take them home.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] He can make you laugh.
[C] He can get you high.
[Em] He will bring you [G] down.
[A] And he'll make you cry.
[G] _ [Em] Something keeps him moving.
[Bm] But no one seems to know.
[C] What it is that [D] makes him go. _ _
[Am] Then the lights begin [E] to shine.
Then the lights begin to flicker.
[C] And the sound is [D] getting dim.
[G] The voice [D] begins to falter.
[Em] And the crowds are [E] getting thin.
[Am] But he never seems to notice.
[C] He's just got to [D] find another [E] place to play.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] Got to play.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Thank you very much.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much, Billy.
Thank you.
I'd like to get Victoria out now and help me on Sweet Surrender if you wouldn't mind. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [A] [Bm] Baby, I'm through [A] running, [Bm] it's true.
[A] [D] I'd be a fool [A] to try to escape [D] you.
And [E] maybe I'm beat.
[D] But oh, [E] what a sweet [A] [Bm] surrender.
_ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ [A] You [E] keep [D] your rights.
[A] I'll [Bm] take your nights.
[A] No one can [Bm] lose when [A] we turn the [C#] lights [D] out.
[E] Taste and defeat.
[D] Love [E] and that sweet [F#m] _
surrender.
_ _ _ [E] _ [D] I've [E] given up [A] myself to you.
But I [D] didn't really [E]
lose you at [F#m] all.
_ [D] I [E] came to your [A] roof, I've known, and [D] it never hurt me [E] too long.
[D] _
[E] _ _ [A] Now [Bm] that it's done, [A] so [Bm] glad you won.
[A] I [Bm] know our lives [A] have only begun now.
[D] And oh, [E] what a sweet [D] surrender.
Oh, let [E] my sweet [F#m] surrender.
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] And [E] oh, what a treat.
[D] Oh, let [E] my sweet [G#] [F#m] surrender. _ _
_ [D] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[B] Surrender to me.
[D] And you sweet thing [E] in my life, I [A] surrender to [Bm] you.
I _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ surrender.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _