Rab Noakes - High And Dry
CAPO: 2nd Fret
## NOTE: For the sake of clarity, I have omitted the quick change Cadd9-C ##
## chords from the verses. Listen to the recording to place them. ##
[INTRO:] Dm F C Cadd9-C Dm F C Cadd9-C
[VERSE 1:]
Dm
Two jobs in a week
F C
I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy
Dm
Riding on your motorcycle
F C
Watching all the ground beneath you drop
Dm
You'll kill yourself for recognition
F C
Kill yourself to never ever stop
Dm
You broke another mirror
F C
You're turning into something you__ are not
[CHORUS:]
Dm F
Don't leave me high___
C
Don't leave me___ diein'
Dm F
Don't leave me high_____
C
Don't leave me___ diein'
[INSTRUMENTAL:] C Dm F C Dm F C
[VERSE 1:]
Dm
Drying up in conversation
F C
You will be the one who cannot talk
Dm
All your insights fall to pieces
F C
You just sit there wishing you could still make love
Dm
They're the ones who hate ya
F C
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
Dm
They're the ones who'll spit on you
F C
You will be the one screaming out
[CHORUS:]
Dm F
Don't leave me high___
C
Don't leave me___ diein'
Dm F
Don't leave me high_____
C
Don't leave me___ diein'
[BRIDGE:]
Dm
It's the best thing that you ever had
F C
The best thing that you ever, ever had
Dm
It's the best thing that you ever had
F C
The best thing that you ever, ever had
[CHORUS:]
Dm F
Don't leave me high___
C
Don't leave me___ diein'
Dm F
Don't leave me high_____
C
Don't leave me____ diein'
[OUTRO:]
Dm F C
(Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ahhhh)
Dm F C
(Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ahhhh)
Dm F C Dm F C
(The best you ever had has gone away___)