For The Sake of The Song — Townes Van Zandt
Chords and lyrics for For The Sake of The Song by Townes Van Zandt (key of G).
Intro
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [D] [G] [G]
Verse
[G]Why does she sing[C] her sad songs for [G]me I'm not the one
To [G]tenderly bring[C] her soft [G]sympathy I've just begun
To [D]see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will [G]fall
I can [D]lay down a tear for her pain just a tear and that's [G]all[G7]
[C] What does she want me to [G]do?
She [C]says that she knows the [D]moments are rare I [C]suppose that it's [G]true
[C]Then on she goes to [D]say I don't care how she [C]knows...but I [G]do
Chorus
[D]Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the [G]song
[D]Who do I think that I am to decide that [G]she's [C][G][C]wrong?[G][D][G]
Verse
She'd like to [G]think I was cruel[C] but she knows that's a [G]lie for I would be
No [G]more than a tool[C] if I allowed her to [G]cry all over me
All my [D]sorrow is real even tho I can't change my [G]plans
If she could [D]see how I feel then I know that she'd [G]understand[G7]
Aw does she [C]actually think I'm to [G]blame?
Does [C]she really believe that [D]some word of mine could [C]relieve all her [G]pain?
Can't she [C]see that she grieves just [D]because she's been blindly [C]deceived by
her [G]shame?
Chorus
[D]Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the [G]song
[D]Who do I think that I am to decide that [G]she's [C][G][C]wrong?[G][D][G]
Verse
Aw but [G]nothin's what it [C]seems, maybe she'll start some [G]day to realize
If she [G]abandons her dreams[C] then all the words she can [G]say are only lies
Aw when [D]will she see that the game is only to [G]lose
All that [D]she offers me are her chains and I've got to [G]refuse[G7]
Aw but its [C]only to herself that she's [G]lied
She [C]likes to pretend there's [D]something that she should [C]defend with her
[G]pride
And [C]I don't intend to [D]stand here and be the [C]friend from whom she must [G]hide
Chorus
[D]Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the [G]song
[D]Who do I think that I am to decide that [G]she's [C][G][C]wrong?[G][D][G]
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