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Its Late

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intro: 
e--------0------------------------------------------------------------| 
B--2--3--3--2-------------------3--3p2----------------3--2------------| 
G--2--2--2--2--2--------------2---------2-------2-----2--2--2---------| 
D--2--4--4--2-----4--2--0--4-----------------2----2-----------2-------| 
A--0--0--0--0-----------------------------0---------------------0-----| 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
DYou say you Alove me 
DAnd I hardly know your Aname 
DAnd if I Asay I love Dyou in the Acandlelight 
DThere's no one but mysAelf to blame 
DBut there's Asomething inside 
That's C#mturning my mind F#maway F#  A  D  
Oh how I could lAove you 
                  D      A  A-A-A-A- A  
If I could let you stay 
EIt's late - but I'm Ableeding deep inside 
EIt's late - is it jAust my sickly pride? 
EToo Dlate - even Anow the feeling Dseems to steal Aaway 
ESo Dlate - though I'm C#crying I can't Bhelp but hear you Esay 
It's lAate it's late it's Dlate 
But Enot too lAate 
DThe way you lAove me 
DIs the sweetest lAove around 
DBut after Aall this time, the Dmore I'm tArying 
The Dmore I seem to lAet you down 
ANow you tell me you're leaving 
C#And I just can't believe it's F#mtrue F#  A  D  
Oh you know that I can lAove you 
DThough I know I Acan't be true 
DOh you made me lAove you 
DDon't tell me that we're Athrough 
It's late - but it's driving me so mad 
It's late - yes I know but don't try to tell me that it's 
Too late - save our love you can't turn out the lights 
So late - I've been wrong but I'll learn to be right 
It's late it's late it's late 
But not too late 
DI've been so long 
DYou've been so long 
DWe've been so long tryin' to work it out A  
DI ain't got long 
DYou ain't got long 
DWe gotta know what this life is all abouF#mt 
AYou're staring at me 
DWith suspicion in your Aeye 
You say what Dgame are you Aplaying? 
What's Dthis that you're Asaying? 
I Dknow that I Acan't reply 
AIf I take you tonight 
Is it C#making my life a F#mlie? F#  A  D  
Oh you make me Awonder 
DDid I live my life Aright? 
It's late - but it's time to set me free 
It's late - yes I know but there's no way it has to be 
Too late - so let the fire take our bodies this night 
So late - so let the waters take our guilt in the tide 
AIt's late it's late it's Dlate it's lHate 
It's lC#ate it's late it's lF#mate 
It's all too Alate 
how I could love you 
                  F      C  C-C-C-C- C  
If I could let you stay 

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Its Late

by Queen

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C#m

F#m

intro:

e--------0------------------------------------------------------------|

B--2--3--3--2-------------------3--3p2----------------3--2------------|

G--2--2--2--2--2--------------2---------2-------2-----2--2--2---------|

D--2--4--4--2-----4--2--0--4-----------------2----2-----------2-------|

A--0--0--0--0-----------------------------0---------------------0-----|

E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

D A

You say you love me

D A

And I hardly know your name

D A D A

And if I say I love you in the candlelight

D A

There's no one but myself to blame

D A

But there's something inside

C#m F#m F# A D

That's turning my mind away

Oh how I could love you

D A A A A A A

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If I could let you stay

E A

It's late - but I'm bleeding deep inside

E A

It's late - is it just my sickly pride?

E D A D A

Too late - even now the feeling seems to steal away

E D C# B E

So late - though I'm crying I can't help but hear you say

A D

It's late it's late it's late

E A

But not too late

D A

The way you love me

D A

Is the sweetest love around

D A D A

But after all this time, the more I'm trying

D A

The more I seem to let you down

Now you tell me you're leaving

C# F#m F# A D

And I just can't believe it's true

Oh you know that I can love you

D A

Though I know I can't be true

D A

Oh you made me love you

D A

Don't tell me that we're through

It's late - but it's driving me so mad

It's late - yes I know but don't try to tell me that it's

Too late - save our love you can't turn out the lights

So late - I've been wrong but I'll learn to be right

It's late it's late it's late

But not too late

I've been so long

You've been so long

D A

We've been so long tryin' to work it out

I ain't got long

You ain't got long

D F#m

We gotta know what this life is all about

You're staring at me

D A

With suspicion in your eye

D A

You say what game are you playing?

D A

What's this that you're saying?

D A

I know that I can't reply

If I take you tonight

C# F#m F# A D

Is it making my life a lie?

Oh you make me wonder

D A

Did I live my life right?

It's late - but it's time to set me free

It's late - yes I know but there's no way it has to be

Too late - so let the fire take our bodies this night

So late - so let the waters take our guilt in the tide

A D H

It's late it's late it's late it's late

C# F#m

It's late it's late it's late

It's all too late

how I could love you

F C C C C C C

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If I could let you stay

About Its Late Chords by Queen

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