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Maybe It'll Be Tonight
03:25
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MAYBE IT’LL BE TONIGHT
Trouble in the air, I read it in your stare, don’t let me down
Sparkle in your eyes, let’s me realize, I’ll be around
Feeling on my mind, love is on the line, I think of you
Have to take a chance, on repeat romance, we’ll have to do
Think I gonna fall in love again
Maybe it’ll be tonight
Never really know who or when
I think I’m gonna fall... in love
Now the time is near, phone is to my ear, I hear it ringing
Time is getting tight, I’m using all might, it’s love I’m bringing
Think I’m gonna fall in love again
Maybe it’ll be tonight
Never really know who or when
I think I’m gonna fall…in love
S O L O
Well, now it’s said and done, I guess that I was about a remake
But hey I like your friend, I’ll get her in the end, advantage I’ll take
When feelings on my mind and love is on the line, I think of you
Had to take a chance on repeat romance, we’ll have to do
Think I’m gonna fall in love again
Maybe it’ll be tonight
Never really know who or when
Maybe it’ll be you tonight
I think I’m gonna fall in love..with you
in love..with you
in love..with you
In love…….
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2. |
Head On A Swivel
02:37
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HEAD ON A SWIVEL
No No No No No uh oh
Is what their telling me
We’re gonna have to let you go
Gotta set you free
My head’s on a swivel, spinning around
I don’t have a plan to play
All is fair and I don’t care today
I woke up from a broken dream
And took a look around me
I didn’t recognize a thing
Much to my surprise
My head’s disconnected from all of the world
I can’t put the blame on you
All is fair all is fair it’s true
Imagine that (3 times)
GUITAR SOLO 12 string (full verse and hook)
If you were right I must be wrong
To ever doubt you
The faded pictures on my wall
Say that it is true
My head’s on a swivel, turning on me
I really can’t believe it’s true
All is fair, all is fair with you
Mu head’s on a cloud with nowhere to go
I can’t put the blame on you
All is fair, I finally got my due
No No No No No uh oh (3 times)
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Emergency Time
02:34
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EMERGENCY TIME
It’s getting late, you better do something fast…don’t hesitate
‘cause time won’t wait, it’s catching up with you fast…find your escape
If we knew what you were thinking, we’d be thing much clearer than you
You’re backed up in a corner, like a smug faced entitled fool (7 count full stop)
No one to help you, you’re getting what you deserve…so do your soft shoe
But we don’t buy it, the game is over it’s true…you can’t deny it
'Cause if you knew where you were going,
should have steered away from trouble long ago
But now you’re whining like a baby,
and you’re counting on some sucker you don’t know (7 count full stop)
It’s emergency time.. for you…emergency time
It’s emergency time…you’re doomed
S O L O D - Bm - A (3 times) G - A stop
You’re just a con man, and your numbers are up…without a back-plan
So take your bad name, because your hustle is done…and no more blame game
You’re a user and a loser and a calculating so and so
You finally ran through all your people and now there’s nowhere to go (7 count full stop)
It’s emergency time..for you…emergency time
It’s emergency time…you’re doomed
It’s emergency time..you fool…emergency time
It’s emergency time...we’re doomed out of line, out of time
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4. |
Here We Go Again
02:54
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Here We Go Again
Here we go again (3 times)
Play the game of love (twice)
Here we go…
I hear you want me back, but
I don’t think you want me
Oh lord the times are getting harder
Oh it’s true, oh yeah
What am I gonna do
I’m so bored with you
Got to find another girl
You call me on the phone and
Ask me for a date, I said
Why not I’m lonely and the T.V.’s broke
It’s true, oh yeah
What am I gonna do
I’m so bored with you
Got to find another girl
Oh…oh…oh…oh….
Hear we go again (3 times)
Play the game..of love (twice)
Play the game
Well now I’ve found another
She’s got a brother,
And he’s looking for a girl
Who’ll do the things you do, oh yeah
Now you know it’s true
And while he’s bored with you
I’ve found another girl
Oh…oh…oh…oh….
Here we go again (3 times)
Play the game of love
Here we go again (3 times)
Play the game of love (twice)
Here we go again.
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5. |
False Alarm
02:55
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FALSE ALARM
You took me along for the ride
You didn’t have anything better to do
You took me along for your pride
Then dropped me like an old brown shoe
You took me the long way around
You know I really don’t appreciate that
You made me act like a clown
Love was just a matter of fact
You’re looking at me funny again…oh no, oh no
You’re looking at me funny again…oh no, oh no
It’s just another false alarm (3 times)
False alarms keep happening with you
Now that the tables have turned
You want to come back where you belong
And now that I hope that you’ve learned
That everything you did was wrong
You’re looking at me funny again…oh no oh no
You’re looking at me funny again…no no no no no
It’s just another false alarm (3 times)
False alarms keep happening
It’s just another false alarm (3 times)
False alarms keep happening with you
Another false alarm…(a few times)
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Lean On You
02:59
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Lean On You
I know a place for me, A magical place to be
I’ll never be lonely, I’ll never be blue
‘cause I get to lean on you
I’ve wondered the world for you, And learned what I need to do
I don’t need to travel, I’m already there
Thank you for answering my prayer
I’ll give a 1000 kisses every day and night
With all the hits and misses
We finally got it, we finally got it right
S O L O
Been living the dream for years….I can’t believe it’s true
I’ve shed all my hurts and fears….thank you
No sad tomorrows, the clouds are all gone
Everything’s right
I’ll never be lonely, I’ll never be blue
‘cause I get to lean on you
Lean on you, lean on you, lean on you
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Four Letter Word
03:00
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Four Letter Word
I’ve been looking for love for a long long time
I think I see the one I want to make her mine
If you want me, just say the word
I’ll be waiting like a wounded bird
If you want me just state the time
I’ve got you on my mind - tonight
Love can be contagious don’t you know
Might be a player and go with the flow
If you want me just say the word
I’ll be waiting like a lonely bird
If you want me just state the time
I’ve got you on my mind - tonight
Because Love, my favorite four letter word
Love…I want to four letter with you
S O L O
It didn’t work out like time and time before
May have to pack it in and close the door
But, if you want me just call my name
Cause I’ll be feeling the very same
And if you want me just state the time
I’ve got you on my mind - tonight
Because Love, my favorite four letter word
Love, I want to four letter…
Love, my favorite four letter word
Love, I want to four letter with you
With you, with you, with you
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8. |
Arms Around A Memory
02:55
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Arms Around A Memory
It don’t mean nothing, if you haven’t got the nerve
You’ve been looking for trouble and buddy I’m about to serve
So look into the camera and tell your dirty lies
Reveal your secrets & cover up your shifty eyes
If that’s the way you like it
Then you’re living in the past like me
When you’ve run out of lying
Put your arms around a memory
It don’t come easy, when you haven’t got a brain
With edges & corners your words go down the drain
Put nothing in, you get nothing back
Blame everybody when your train runs off the track
If that’s the way you want it
Then you’re living in the past like me
When you’ve run out of lying
Put your arms around a memory (twice)
S O L O
Now you’re coming down fast
That’s the way it has to be
The fall is hard when your pride come c.o.d.
If that’s the way you like it
Then your vision is as bad as me
All your future plans are dying
Put your arms around a memory
If that’s the way you want it
Then your living in the past you see
When you’ve run out of lying
Put your arms around a memory
Put your arms around a memory
Put your arms around a mem….ory
Memory, memory
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Tunnel Of Love
02:42
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TUNNEL OF LOVE
Are you gonna be late tonight
I’ll wait tonight for you
I want to find out our fate tonight
Get straight tonight it’s true
I think I’m ready for a heart attack
If you don’t come back to me
Don’t want to get this thing off the track
I’m weakening in the knees
I know it, I know it’s true
You know it, you know it to…ooh ooh
Because the tunnel of love let me down
I think I’ll need to leave this town
I cannot believe, it’s happened to me
The tunnel of love let me down
Short Guitar Solo - G chord
Wore out the pockets of my overcoat
Walking in the rain
I finally read the letter that you wrote
And now I feel the pain
I’m gonna hop me a southbound train
And leave this town for good
If you want, you can follow me
But I don’t think you should
I know it, I know it’s true
You know it, you know it too..ooh ooh
Because the tunnel of love let us down
It’s gone and made us turn around
The tunnel of love, the tunnel of love
The tunnel of love let us down
The tunnel of love let me down
I think I’ll need to leave this town
It’s happened again, it’s nearing the end
The tunnel of love, let us down (3 times)
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10. |
Matter Of Time
03:08
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Matter Of Time
Don’t hang up when I ring your phone
You only call when you’re all alone
I’m gonna make you mine if it takes all night
Now don’t believe everything you hear
I’ll call you when the coast is clear
I’m gonna make you mine if it takes all night
All I want to do is dance a while
Put your hand in mine
I have a feeling that you’d like my style
It’s just a matter of time (3 times)
intro riff
So what you think about a Rondezvous
I won’t tell them what we do
I’m gonna make you mine if it takes all night
You’re all I’ll ever need, my heart is in your hands
You knock me to my knees, I hope I’m in your plans
So now you’re playing hard to get
They say we’re through, but I’ll make a bet
I’m gonna make you mine (3 times)
If it takes all night
All I want to do is dance a while
Put you hand in mine
I have a feeling that you’d like my style
It’s just a matter of time
All I want to do is dance a while
Put your hand in mine
I have a feeling that you’d like my style
It’s just a matter of time
It’s just a matter of time
It’s all a matter of time
Schedule a meeting
Schedule a meeting
Are the suggestions above helpful?
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11. |
Blondes & Bullets
02:32
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Blondes & Bullets
There aught to be a law to keep away from you
I can’t goof around when the rent comes due
Can’t tell the difference ‘tween good and mean
I think I’ll take something in between
I’m gonna need a lot of protection these days
A vest for my heart better change my ways
Dollars or dirt is all you’ll get
It hurts for a while, but you’ll never forget
Blondes and bullets
Are never gonna do you right
Blondes and bullets
The deadliest things tonight
S O L O
There’s trouble up ahead not hard to spot
It’s written in the wind believe it or not
I don’t want to hit you or knock you around
But I’ll be waiting two steps down
Blondes and bullets
Never gonna end up well
Blondes and bullets
Better to show than tell
Blondes and bullets
Death by stiletto heal
One can kill the others got a gun for real…..look out
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12. |
You
02:35
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YOU
You don’t know me, I’ve been hiding up in my tree
But I know you, and I think I’m liking it too
Yes, the pleasure’s mine, for your love I’d work overtime
What do you say, I will get you any old way, because
You…will keep me from a cryin’
You….It’s love there’s no denyin’
You….I’ll always keep a tryin’
So what if I’m a stranger, I’m the love re-arranger…it’s true
SOLO - ish
When your lights go dim, I’ll be there just trying to get in
Complicated game, I’ll have to take the assignment of blame
Now it’s said and done, I’ve made a choice and I think I have won
Just hang on tight, I think it’s fair that I’ve got the green light, because
You…You know you’ve got me flyin’
You…I won’t need clarifyin’
You…I think it’s justifyin’
So what if you’re in danger, I’m the love re-arranger
You…will keep me from a cryin’
You….It’s love there’s no denyin’
You….I’ll always keep a tryin’
So what if I’m a stranger, I’m the love re-arranger…it’s true
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13. |
Record Store
04:02
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RECORD STORE
Pretty girls go to record stores, I saw one today
I said hello at the record store, she said go away
She was standing Rick Springfield in hand, and her red shoes were on
Then I said but I’m in a band, and then she was gone, then she was gone
Don’t leave me standing, by the record machine
I know it’s bad timing, that’s when she said to me
I don’t want another loser from the record store
I don’t really mean to treat you this way
All I ever met were losers from the record store
So please go away
Short Guitar S O L O
I later went to the laundromat to see who was there
There she was, red shoes and her hat, I pulled up a chair
Aren’t you the one from the Rolling Stone, I said with a smile
She said yeah, but I’m here all alone, you’re just not my style, you’re just not my style
Don’t leave me sitting, in this soap opera world
It only seems fitting, that my hopes have unfurled
I don’t want another loser from the record store
I don’t really mean to treat you this way
All I ever met were losers from the record store
So please go away
I don’t want another loser from the record store
You’re way too hipster for me
Don’t need another loser from the record store
So please go away, so please go and stay, take your albums away...
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Gary Ritchie Texas
Gary's "real" instrument would be drums. But, he is a full, fledged Pop guy. Plays most of the instruments & vocals on his albums. Along with Jeff King who plays bass & guitar on all the albums. A former Chicagoan now living in Austin, Texas. Loves a melody with a Big-Beat behind it. With 5 full length solo cd's behind him, he's loving the freedom of recording what and when he wants. So enjoy! ... more
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