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Guilty

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[Intro]
E E/D A Am Am6
E C# C B
E A E B
[Verse]
  EYes, baby,   E/DI've been drinkin'
  AShouldn't come by anyAmmoreAm6  
  But I Efound myself in tC#rouble, darlin'
  CAnd I Bhave no place else to EgoA  E  B  
  I got some wEhiskey from a E/Dbottle
  Got some cAocaine from a fAmriend
  And I Ehad to keep on C#movin', darlin'
  CTill I was Bback in your arms aEgainA  E  E7  
[Chorus]
  And I'm gAuilty, I am gAmuilty
  And I'll be gEuilty for the Brest of my Eli     E7ife
  How come I'm Anever gonna do
  What I'm supAmposed to doAm6  
  Seems like F#everything I do
  Never turns out Bright
[Verse]
  EThat's how it is with me, E/Ddarlin'
  AYou know I just can't stand myAmselfAm6  
  But it takes a Ewhole lot of C#medicine, darlin'
  CFor me to preBtend that I'm somebody EelseA  E  

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Guilty

by Nazareth

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

E/D

Am6

[Intro]

E E/D A Am Am6

E C# C B

E A E B

[Verse]

E E/D

Yes, baby, I've been drinkin'

A Am Am6

Shouldn't come by anymore

E C#

But I found myself in trouble, darlin'

C B E A E B

And I have no place else to go

E E/D

I got some whiskey from a bottle

A Am

Got some cocaine from a friend

E C#

And I had to keep on movin', darlin'

C B E A E E7

Till I was back in your arms again

[Chorus]

A Am

And I'm guilty, I am guilty

E B E E7

And I'll be guilty for the rest of my li ife

How come I'm never gonna do

Am Am6

What I'm supposed to do

Seems like everything I do

Never turns out right

[Verse]

E E/D

That's how it is with me, darlin'

A Am Am6

You know I just can't stand myself

E C#

But it takes a whole lot of medicine, darlin'

C B E A E

For me to pretend that I'm somebody else

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