Come Live With Me — Heaven 17
Chords and lyrics for Come Live With Me by Heaven 17 (key of F).
Verse 1
here's a
version of their classic hit "Come Live With Me" - I think the original was
in Ab -
this version is a couple of keys higher.
Intro
D / Bb / A / C / G / F / A / F / G
Verse
[C]I was thirty-seven You were [Em]seventeen
[D]You were half my age The youth I'd [Bb]never seen
[D]Unlikely people meeting in a[F#m] dream
[C]Heaven only knows the way it should[A] have been
Chorus
[D]Here today[Bb] my tomorrow [A]Where you lead I will [C]follow
[C]All that kissing [G]No passion missing
[F]Come live [A]with me
[A]Kiss the boys [F]goodbye
[F]Come live [G]with me
Verse
[C]Dinner parties followed [Em]And all my age implies
[D]My friends began to talk I began to [Bb]realise
[D]If half the things they say Are quarter [F#m]true of me
[C]Then how can I eclipse the youth You gave to[A] set me free
Bridge
[A]There was[B] something in your smile That was hard [D#m]to reconcile
[C#]The time had come to testify to [E]reason
[Em]Though years will not erase [C]Remembrance of those days
[Bb]At least there's no submission to [A]heart's treason
Chorus
[D]Here today[Bb] my tomorrow [A]No more shame only [C]sorrow
[C]All that kissing [G]There's something missing
[F]Come live [A]with me
[A]Kiss the boys [F]goodbye
[F]Come live [G]with me
Verse
[C]Now there's nothing left to cry for And there's [Em]nowhere left to go
[D]Just another hopeless fight But how[Bb] were we to know
[D]The strong are sometimes wrong But the[F#m] weak are never free
[C]The choice we made we can't evade Don't [A]try to follow me
Chorus
[D]Here today[Bb] my [A]tomorrow No more pain only [C]sorrow
[C]All that kissing [G]There's something missing
[F]Come live [A]with me
[A]Kiss the boys [F]goodbye
[F]Come live [A]with me
[A]Kiss the boys [F]goodbye
[A]Kiss the boys [F]goodbye
[F]Come live [A]with me
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