dont say no
Billy Squier
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Tom : D
D C D C G
We live in confusion times---my world is a vice
D C D C
Nobody gets out alive...but you can break through the ice
G A G A
Don't say no
[Verse]
D C D C G
My wounds are the open kind---I bleed every day
D C D C
I pray for a change of mind...you could take me away
G A G A
Don't say no...Don't say no
G A G A
Don't say no...Don't say no
[Chorus 1]
F#m G A
Take on the system, playin' on the wrong side
F#m G A
Spend all my money tryin' to have a good time
F#m G
Come 'round to see you from time to time
A D D
Weak in the knees and I'm busted
[Verse]
D C D C G
Some people they treat me kind...some drive me away
D C D C
Some people they blow your mind...it's not easy today
G A G A
Don't say no
[Verse]
D C D C G
I live on the borderline...you come from the void
D C D C
I beg you to cross the line...you take good care of your boy
G A G A
Don't say no...Don't say no
G A G A
Don't say no...Don't say no
[Chorus 2]
F#m G A
Got me a ticket sittin' on a gold mine
F#m G A
Send me the int'rest, take me where the sun shines
F#m G
Come 'round to see me from time to time
A D D
Bring it to me when I'm busted
[Instrumental break]
C D G D C D G D C D C D C D C D
[Final Verse and Outro]
A G A G A G A D C D C
One minute I'm outa time...I don't fit in your game
D C D C
You kill me in overtime...I don't remember my name
D C D C
One minute you're on my mind...next minute you're gone
D C D C
You tell me to read the signs...they tell me we're on
G D G
Don't say no
G D G
Don't say no
G D G
Don't Say no
G D G
Don't Say no
D G D G D G D G D G
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