Like Always

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
        [E7#9] /  /[N.C.]  /     /[G7]  /[Ab7]  /

Verse 1 [3/4]:

        [A7]Stepping off a s[D7]tone, while I'm w[G7]alking all a[C7]lone
        [A7]Walking all al[D7]one, like [G7]always [C7]
        I [F7]got me a [Bb7]new car, it d[Eb7]oesn't get me [Ab7]too far
        [A7]I'm all out of [D7]gas, like [A7]always [D7]

{section: Verse 2}
        Gotta pay the rent, but all my money's spent
        All my money's spent, like always
        I wonder where my pay went, missed another payment
        I'm all out of bread, like always

Chorus [3/4] (chords implied by vocal harmonies):

        [F#m7]Girl, [B13]     [F#m9]     let the w[B13]orld have my [F#m7]money,[B13]    I don't [F#m9]care  [B13]
        [Em7]  [A13]  [Em9]          [A13]           [C7]       [F7-5]
        Girl,         make my troubles seem funny and small
          [Bm7]-5       [E7]
        In no time at all

Bridge [4/4]:

        H[A7]ey, girl...              [D7]
                  I been down so long
                                      Yeah, why should it be

        [G7]      If I get to feeling h[C7]igh just thinking
                                  high just thinking
        Wrong if  I  get  high

        Of y[A7]ou alone            [D7]     Can make up for the
           you alone      you alone
                     Only you alone

        B[G7]ad times           (u[C7]nintelligible)
                   For the bad times and (unintelligible)

        If you [F7]go it will be the same a[Bb7]gain
        I'll be down another fr[Eb7]iend
        Let me say it once a[Ab7]gain, don't you let it
        S[A7]lip away like [D7]always (don't [A7]go)
        Don't slip away like [D7]always

[repeat chorus]

{section: Verse 3}
        Things have got to move, I've been too long in this groove
        Too long in this groove, like always
        Things are getting better, ever since I met her
        Oh, oh - there she goes,   mmm-mmm

{section: Coda}
        Like [A7]always [D7]
        [A7]   Uh-[D7]huh, like [A7]always  [D7]

          A7            D7        [continue w/backing vocals to fade]
        (Slip away like always)

        [spoken: I don't know what to do about that girl
                She just comes and goes and goes and goes...]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers