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Fame Will Eat The Soul

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“Fame Will Eat the Soul”
by Van Morrison
from the album Three Chords and the Truth
[Intro]
C     F  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C  F  C  G
[Verse 1]
CFame will eat the soul
and you Fjust can’t Gfake it
Cfame will eat the soul
and your Fheart will Gbreak
Cfame will eat the soul
till you Fjust can’t Gtake it
no CmoreF  C  G  
[Verse 2]
CIt doesn’t have no meaning
When you’re Fout on the Gstreet
CEveryone you see
Is just Ftrying to comGpete
And you’re Cjust trying to act
FLike a Gnormal CJoeF  C  G  
[Bridge]
AmDrink some darkness till you
AmDrink some darkness till you’re
GAgainst the light within you
GAgainst the light within you
AmDrink some darkness till you
AmDrink some darkness till you’re
GCan’t get Fback on Emthe right Gtrack
[Verse 3]
CFame will eat the soul
Down in FHollywood Gtown
CThings are going swell
And you Fstart breaking Gdown
CCan’t get control
when every Fclown wants to Gtake
you CdownF  C  G  
[solo]
C     F  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C  F  C  G
[Bridge]
AmYou drink some darkness till you
AmDrink some darkness till you’re
GAgainst the light within you
GAgainst the light within you
AmYou drink some darkness till you
AmYou drink some darkness till you’re
GCan’t get Fback on Emthe right Gtrack
[Verse 4]
CFame will eat the soul
Down in FHollywood Gtown
CThings are going swell
And you Fstart to break Gdown
You Ctry to get control
Every Fclown wants to Gtake
you CdownF  C  G  
[Verse 5]
CFame will eat the soul
Got to Fstay in your Gmansion
CFame will eat the soul
You can’t Ftake any Gchances
CEven when you’re outside
Have to Fbuild up Gall
around CyouF  C  G  
[solo]
C     F  G
C  F  C  G
[Verse 6]
CFame will eat the soul
Till you Fjust can’t Gfake it
CFame will eat the soul
And your Fheart’s gonna Gbreak
CFame will eat the soul
Till you Fjust can’t Gtake it
no CmoreF  C  G  
[Outro]
C     F  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C  F  C  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C  F  C  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C     F  G
C     F  G

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Fame Will Eat The Soul

by Van Morrison

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“Fame Will Eat the Soul”

by Van Morrison

from the album Three Chords and the Truth

[Intro]

C F G

C F C G

[Verse 1]

Fame will eat the soul

F G

and you just can’t fake it

fame will eat the soul

F G

and your heart will break

fame will eat the soul

F G

till you just can’t take it

C F C G

no more

[Verse 2]

It doesn’t have no meaning

F G

When you’re out on the street

Everyone you see

F G

Is just trying to compete

And you’re just trying to act

F G C F C G

Like a normal Joe

[Bridge]

Drink some darkness till you

Drink some darkness till you’re

Against the light within you

Drink some darkness till you

Drink some darkness till you’re

G F Em G

Can’t get back on the right track

[Verse 3]

Fame will eat the soul

F G

Down in Hollywood town

Things are going swell

F G

And you start breaking down

Can’t get control

F G

when every clown wants to take

C F C G

you down

[solo]

C F G

C F C G

[Bridge]

You drink some darkness till you

Drink some darkness till you’re

Against the light within you

You drink some darkness till you

You drink some darkness till you’re

G F Em G

Can’t get back on the right track

[Verse 4]

Fame will eat the soul

F G

Down in Hollywood town

Things are going swell

F G

And you start to break down

You try to get control

F G

Every clown wants to take

C F C G

you down

[Verse 5]

Fame will eat the soul

F G

Got to stay in your mansion

Fame will eat the soul

F G

You can’t take any chances

Even when you’re outside

F G

Have to build up all

C F C G

around you

[solo]

C F G

C F C G

[Verse 6]

Fame will eat the soul

F G

Till you just can’t fake it

Fame will eat the soul

F G

And your heart’s gonna break

Fame will eat the soul

F G

Till you just can’t take it

C F C G

no more

[Outro]

C F G

C F C G

C F G

C F C G

C F G

About Fame Will Eat The Soul Chords by Van Morrison

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