For The Sake Of The Song Chords by Townes Van Zandt

Tempo:
127.35 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#

E

A#

A#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song chords
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Play this call for the sake of the song
[E]
[B]
[A#] [E] [B]
[F#] [B]
Why does she sing
[E] Sad songs [A#m] for me.
I'm not the one
tenderly bring
[B]
Her soft sympathy.
I've just begun
See [F#] my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall I
Can [F#] lay down a tear for pain just a tear and that's all
[B]
[B] What does she want me to do?
She [E] says that she knows [B] that moments [F#] are rare.
I suppose
[E]
That it's [B] true
[E] Then on she goes to say I don't care and she knows
That I [B] do
[F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of [B] the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide that [B] she's wrong?
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
She'd like to think I was cruel
But she knows that's a lie for I would be
No more than a two
If I allowed her to cry over me
All my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans
She could [F#] see how I feel and I know that she'd understand
[B]
Or does she [E] actually think I'm to blame
[E] She really believed [F#] that some word of mine could relieve
[E]
all [B] the pain
Can't [E] you see that she grieves just because [F#] she's been blindly deceived
[F#] by shame
[B] [F#] Auburn maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?
But nothing's what it seems
Maybe she'll start someday to realize
If she abandons her [E] dreams
Then all the words she [Bm] can say are only lies
[F#] Or when will she see that again is only to lose?
[B] [F#]
All that she offers me are her chains I got to [B] refuse
All but it's [E] only to herself that she's lied
[E] She likes to pretend it's [F#] something that she should defend
[E] with her [B] pride
And [E] I don't intend [F#] to stand here and be [E] the friend from whom she [F#] must hide
Auburn [F#] maybe she just has to sing for the sake of [B] the song
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide that [B] she's wrong?
[F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
[E] [A#]
[B]
[N]
Key:  
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
A#
12341111
A#m
13421111
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
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To learn Townes Van Zandt - (Live At The Old Quarter,United States/1973) For The Sake Of The Song chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: B, F#, B, E, B and B. Ease into the song by practicing at 63 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 127 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of B Major in mind.

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_ Play this call for the sake of the song _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Why does she sing
[E] _ _ _ Sad songs [A#m] for me.
I'm not the one _ _ _
_ _ _ tenderly bring
[B] _ _
Her soft sympathy.
I've just begun
_ _ _ _ See [F#] my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall I
_ _ _ _ Can [F#] lay down a tear for pain just a tear and that's all
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] What does she want me to do?
_ She [E] says that she knows [B] that moments [F#] are rare.
I suppose
[E] _
That it's [B] true
_ _ _ [E] Then on she goes to say I don't care and she knows
_ _ That I [B] do _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of [B] the song _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Who do I think that I am to decide that [B] she's wrong?
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ She'd like to think I was cruel
_ But she knows that's a lie for I would be _ _ _
_ No more than a two _
If I allowed her to cry over me
_ _ _ _ All my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans
_ _ _ _ _ _ She could [F#] see how I feel and I know that she'd understand
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
Or does she [E] actually think I'm to blame
_ _ _ [E] She really believed [F#] that some word of mine could relieve
[E] _
all [B] the pain
_ Can't [E] you see that she grieves just because [F#] she's been blindly deceived
_ [F#] by shame _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] Auburn maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song _ _ _ _ _ _
Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong? _ _ _ _ _
_ But nothing's what it seems _
Maybe she'll start someday to realize _
_ _ _ If she abandons her [E] dreams
Then all the words she [Bm] can say are only lies _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Or when will she see that again is only to lose?
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ All that she offers me are her chains I got to [B] refuse _ _ _
_ _ All but it's [E] only to herself that she's lied
_ _ [E] She likes to pretend it's [F#] something that she should defend
_ [E] with her [B] pride
And [E] I don't intend [F#] to stand here and be [E] the friend from whom she [F#] must hide
_ _ _ _ _ _ Auburn [F#] maybe she just has to sing for the sake of [B] the song _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Who do I think that I am to decide that [B] she's wrong? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Maybe she just has to sing for the sake [B] of the song
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by Townes Van Zandt.

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