You Can't Count On Me — Counting Crows

Chords and lyrics for You Can't Count On Me by Counting Crows (key of G, capo 3).

Intro

[Em] [D] [G] [C]
[Em] [D] [G]

Verse 1

[D]Anything's hard to change
[G]But hey I got you down on your knees again
[D]You watch the sky
[G]It's a pale parade of passing clouds
[Em]That cover the bed upon which we laid in the dark
[C]And the memories that I made
[G]Of a laughing girl
[Em]But you're just my toy
[C]And I can't stop playing with you baby
[G] [D]

Chorus 1

[G]If you think you need to go
[C]If you wanted to be free
[G]There's just one thing you need to know
[C]And that's that you can't count on me
[G] [Am] [Em] [D] [G]

Verse 2

[D]I'm coming along real good
[G]But I still can't do most of the things I should
[D]I watch the sky coming down to bury me
[G]And I can't stop this crawling out of my skin
[Em]I know that you see yourself flying in
[C]Out of the sky
[G]Coming down
[D]To carry me but I won't come out

Chorus 2

[G]So if you think you need to go
[C]If you wanted to be free
[G]There's one thing you need to know
[C]And that's that you can't count on me
[G] [Am] [Em] [D] [G] [C]
[Em] [D] [G]No, you can't count on me

Solo

[D] [G]
[Am] [G] [D]
[D] [G]
[Am] [G]
[Em] [D] [C]

Verse 3

[D]I watch all of the same parades
[G]As they pass on the days that you wish you'd stayed
[D]But all this pain
[G]Gets me high
[Em]And I get off and you know why
[C] [G] [D]

Chorus 3

[G]So if you think you need to go
[C]If you wanted to be free
[G]There's one thing you need to know
[C]And that's that you can't count on me
[G] [Am] [Em] [D] [G]

Chorus 4

[G]So if you think you need to go
[C]If you wanted to be free
[G]There's just one thing you need to know
[C]And that's that you can't count on me
[G] [Am] [Em] [D] [G] [C]
[Em] [D] [G] [C]Oh, you can't count on me
[Em] [D] [G]No, you can't count on me

Outro

[G]