No Lookin' Back — Michael McDonald
Chords and lyrics for No Lookin' Back by Michael McDonald (key of A#).
Verse 1
Notes:
From "No Lookin' Back"(1985)
Mr.McDonald's singing while playing the shoulder keyboard is very cool.
I wrote chords to match the movements of the guitar and synthesizer.
If you listen closely to the original song,
the bass line will be easy to understand as it has a certain pattern.
Intro
(Bass: [F]f g eb d) x2
[F](f g [Eb5]eb d) x2
[F] [Gm] [Eb/G] [F/Eb] [Gm/D]
Verse 1
[F] I'm [Gm]fading out [Eb/G]of [F/Eb]sight
My wheels are the [Gm/D]only [F]sound
Runnin' at the [Gm]speed [Eb/G]of [F/Eb]light
I can't [Gm/D]slow down now
[F] Out on the [Gm][Eb/G]o--pen [F/Eb]road
Racing to [Gm/D]beat the [F]night
No matter [Gm]where [Eb/G]I [F/Eb]go
Guess I'll get there all [Eb]right
Pre-Chorus
[Bb] So why don't I [Am]understand
[Am] What's [F/A]trippin' [Am]me [Bb][Am/Bb]up[Bb]
[C] It used to be a simple thing
Chorus 1
[F] [C/F] I [F][C/F]can't [Bb/F]hold on,[F/Bb]
[F/C]and I [C]can't [Bb/C][F]re---turn
[F] [C/F] Time[F] [C/F]to [Bb/F]let go,[F/Bb]
start to [F/C]live [C]and [Bb/C] learn[F]
Interlude 1
F Gm Eb/G F/Eb Gm/D (2 times)
Verse 2
[F] I took the [Gm]one [Eb/G]way [F/Eb]flight
Too high to [Gm/D]see the [F]ground
Now I know how [Gm]long [Eb/G]it [F/Eb]takes
A heart to [Eb]come down
Pre-Chorus 2
[Bb] So why don't I [Am]understand
[Am] What's [F/A]trippin' [Am]me [Bb][Am/Bb]up[Bb]
[C]I know it oughta be a simple thing
Chorus 2
[F] [C/F] I [F][C/F]can't [Bb/F]hold on,[F/Bb]
[F/C]and I [C]can't [Bb/C][F]re---turn
[F] [C/F] Rivers will [F][C/F]run, [Bb/F] [F/Bb]
and [F/C][C]bridges [Bb/C]will [F]burn
[F] [C/F] I'm not sure [Bb/F]just [F/Bb]how (I'm not sure just how)
But there's [F/C]no [C]lookin' [Bb/C]back now
Interlude 2
[F/Eb] [F/D] [F/G] [F/C]
Chorus 3
[F] [C/F] I [F][C/F]can't [Bb/F]hold [F/Bb]on,
[F/C]I [C]can't [Bb/C][F]re---turn
[F] [C/F] [F]Rivers[C/F] [Bb/F]will [F/Bb]run,
and [F/C][C]bridges [Bb/C]will [F]burn
[F] [C/F] I'm not [F][C/F]sure [Bb/F]just [F/Bb]how (I'm not sure just how)
But there's [F/C]no [C]lookin' [Bb/C]back [F]now
[F] [C/F] I [F][C/F]can't [Bb/F]hold [F/Bb]on (I can't hold on),
[F/C]I [C]can't [Bb/C][F]re---turn
[F]I [C/F] [F]can't [C/F]hold[Bb/F] on (I[F/Bb] can't hold on),
[F/C][C]bridges [Bb/C]will [F]burn
[F] [C/F] I'm [F]not [C/F]sure[Bb/F] just [F/Bb]how
But there's [F/C]no [C]lookin' [Bb/C]back [F]now
Outro
[F] [C/F] No [F][C/F]lookin' [Bb/F]back [F/Bb]now
[F/C]No [C]lookin' [Bb/C]back [F]now
[F] [C/F] No [F][C/F]lookin' [Bb/F]back [F/Bb]now
[F/C]No [C]lookin' [Bb/C]back [F]now
[F] [C/F] [F] [C/F] [Bb/F] [F/Bb]
[F/C] [C][Bb/C]Oh-oh[F]
[F] [C/F] [F] [C/F] [Bb/F] [F/Bb]
[F/C] [C][Bb/C]Oh-oh,[F]
[F] [C/F] No [F] [C/F][Bb/F]lookin' back[F/Bb] now,
[F/C] [C][Bb/C]Oh-oh[F]
[F] [C/F] [F] [C/F] [Bb/F] [F/Bb]
[F/C] [C] [Bb/C] [F]
(Fade Out)
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