Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get Uke tab by Dashboard Confessional

5 Chords used in the song: C, Em7, F, G, Am

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Year:  2007
Difficulty: 
2.5
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
C C, Em7 Em7, F F, G G, C C

C C Em7 Em7
I've got my eye on top shelf liquor,
Am Am
With taste so smooth it
F F
Hits you quicker.
G G C C
But you've only got the well.

C C Em7 Em7
And I've got an eye for top tier women
Am Am F F
With legs so long they go straight to heaven,
G G C C
But this old bunch looks like hell.

Am Am F F C C G G
But tonight I'll take what I can get.

C C Em7 Em7
I'd like to hear a great musician
Am Am F F
With strange ideas and grand ambition,
G G C C
But this guy, he's got trouble with chords.

C C Em7 Em7
And I'd like to leave this game a winner
Am Am F F
Head held high, the luck of beginners
G G C C
But this old losers crawling out on all fours.

Am Am F F C C G G
But tonight I'll take what I can get.
Am Am
Well this drink will do,
F F
And girl you look all right,
C C G G
And this band is playing like hell tonight.

Am Am
These dice are loaded
F F
And lord I am too
C C G G
I might be losing but I'm leaving soon.

Am Am
With the prettiest girl
F F
To enter this dump,
C C G G
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum
Am Am F F C C G G
And tonight I'll take what I can get

Am Am F F C C G G
Tonight I'll take what I can get

C C Em7 Em7
I've got my sights on brand new beginnings
Am Am F F
Brand new starts make saints of sinners
G G C C
But I'm doomed to live in my past


C C Em7 Em7
Live nude girls says the sign out front,
Am Am F F
But old dead dreams are dancing in front,
G G C C
Of old dead dreamers with washed up luck,
Buying love for cash

Am Am F F C C G G
Well tonight I'll take what I can get.

C C Em7 Em7
This old story gets stale and dry,
Am Am F F
No matter how I try and try
G G C C
To spin this fable Fresh and new





C C
You strung me along
Em7 Em7
Like a tease on prom night
Am Am F F
Getting me loose but Leaving me uptight
G G C C
Please tell me that, Some of that love was true.

Am Am F F C C G G
Tonight I'll take what I can get

Am Am
Well this drink will do,
F F
And girl you look all right,
C C G G
And this band is playing like hell tonight.

Am Am
These dice are loaded
F F
And lord I am too
C C G G
I might be losing but I'm scoring soon.

Am Am
With the prettiest girl
F F
To enter this dump,
C C G G
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum


Am Am F F C C G G
And tonight I'll take what I can get.

Uke tab by , 10 Sep 2009

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