It's Too Late — Billy Paul
Chords and lyrics for It's Too Late by Billy Paul (key of A#m).
Verse 1
...IT'S TOO LATE... by Billy Paul
*from '360 Degrees of Billy Paul' (1972)*
Intro
Fm7 A#7 (x2)
[Fm7] Too late, too late, [A#7]too late, baby, too late, too.
[Fm7] Too late, too late, [A#7]too late, baby, too late.
Verse 1
[Fm7] Stayed in bed all morning just to [A#7]pass the time,
There's [Fm7]something wrong here, there can [A#7]be no denying.
[Fm7] One of us [Em7]is changing, [D#m7]or maybe we've [G#7]just stopped [C#maj7]trying?
Chorus 1
And it's [F#maj7]too late, baby, [C#maj7]it's too late,
Though we [F#maj7]really, really, really did try to [C#maj7]make it.
[F#maj7] Something [C#maj7]in-side has died and I can't [A#m7]hide,
And I just can't [C7]fake it, Oh [Fm7]no, no, [A#7]no, no, no,[Fm7] [A#7]no...
Verse 2
It [Fm7]used to be easy living [A#7]here with you,
[Fm7] You were light and breezy and you [A#7]knew just what to do.
[Fm7] Now you [Em7]look so unhappy, [D#m7]and I feel [G#7]just like a [C#maj7]fool.
Chorus 2
And it's [F#maj7]too late, baby, [C#maj7]it's too late,
Though we [F#maj7]really, really, really did try to [C#maj7]make it, try to make it.
[F#maj7] Something [C#maj7]in-side has died and I can't [A#m7]hide, and I just can't [C7]fake it;
Too [Fm7][A#7]late... too [Fm7][A#7]late...
Verse 3
[Fm7] There'll be good times again for [A#7]me and you,
[Fm7] But we just can't stay [A#7]to-gether, can't you see it too?
[Fm7] Still I'm glad for [Em7]what we [D#m7]had, for how I [G#7]once loved [C#maj7]you.
Chorus 3
And it's [F#maj7]too late, baby, [C#maj7]it's too late,
Though we [F#maj7]really, really, really did try to [C#maj7]make it, try to make it.
[F#maj7] Something [C#maj7]in-side has died and I can't [A#m7]hide, and I just can't [C7]fake it;
[G#maj7] Too...late, [C#maj7]baby, [G#maj7]too [C#maj7]late...[C7]
Coda
[Fm7] Too late, too late, [A#7]baby,
[Fm7] Too late, too late, [A#7]a-too late-a, a-too late-a,
[Fm7] A-too late-a, a-too late-a, [A#7]a-too late-a, a-too late-a,
[Fm7] A-too late-a, a-too late-a, [A#7]a-too late-a, a-too late.
[Fm7] Too late, too late, too late, [A#7]baby,
Too late, [Fm7]no no no, [A#7]no, no, no.
[Fm7] I just can't take you back, [A#7]I just can't take you back.
[Fm7] One of us has [A#7]changed;[Fm7] you, I feel [A#7]unhappy, baby.
[Fm7] A-but we just-a, [A#7]but we just-a, but we just-a,
[Fm7] A-but we just can't stay together; can't you [A#7]see that too?
(Fade)
[Fm7] [A#7] [Em7] [D#m7] [G#7]
[C#maj7] [F#maj7] [A#m7] [C7] [G#maj7]
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