Standard Tuning:
Verse:
Am Em F G
Bridge:
Am5 B5 C5 G5
The boys tell me to be careful.
Girls can’t save you, you’re in trouble.
Never did listen that well,
Always quick to kiss and tell.
Finding comfort in the distance,
Maybe she’ll like my persistence.
But I never quite giving in,
Always trying hard to win.
I know all her little haps(?) and the words she hates
And I couldn’t help but love her more if you tell me to stay away.
She says, I could never what you give and see,
You can’t pretend to let go to what you mean to me.
I’m trying, trying, trying
Cause I’m dying, dying, dying.
Don’t walk out of that door if you’re not ready to let go
Cause as soon as you’re gone I’ll be done.
Don’t keep running, there’s no need to go.
I’ll stand by you honey,
I want to let you know.
The boys tell me to be careful.
Girls can’t save you, you’re in trouble.
Never did listen that well,
Always quick to kiss and tell.
Finding comfort in the distance,
Maybe she’ll like my persistence.
But I never quite giving in,
Always trying hard to win.
She won’t give in.
I say without her sentencing, how she once more (??????!!!)
All forgotten that she gave me
But we never kept score.
And I know that she’s afraid of me
But I’ll just ignore
The day she doesn’t pay attention to me,
Let her know she’s adored.
She is everything that ever mattered to me,
I can’t help but love her so just let me be.
My mind’s clouded, surrounded
by all of my friends who tell me she’s not the one,
but I’ll just have to pretend.
Don’t keep running, there’s no need to go.
I’ll stand by you honey,
I want to let you know.
The boys tell me to be careful.
Girls can’t save you, you’re in trouble.
Never did listen that well,
Always quick to kiss and tell.
Finding comfort in the distance,
Maybe she’ll like my persistence.
But I never quite giving in,
Always trying hard to win.
She won’t give in.
Oh no, she won’t give in.
All the things she’s said and seen,
Can’t understand how well it’s been.
Misunderstood our lover sighs
But all of this just feels so right.
Jumping into crazy relations,
__???__ on communication.
Live through our imagination,
Not okay with that.
The boys tell me to be careful.
Girls can’t save you, you’re in trouble.
Never did listen that well,
Always quick to kiss and tell.
Finding comfort in the distance,
Maybe she’ll like my persistence.
But I never quite giving in,
Always trying hard to win.
Springsteen sings “Cut loose like a deuce,” but Manfred Mann’s version has “Revved up like a deuce,” making the “wrapped” thing a little easier to understand.