We Almost Got It Together
Tanita TikaramVersion1
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We almost got it together
And I'll be your favourite thing
Oh stand by the river with hard-luck eyes
And I'll just be open and sing
And if I was telling you stories
I was only trying to surprise
I wish I was like the frog princess
And I'd never tell you lies
And down by the soil of the hard life
Oh they like to greet us with smiles
They like to tell us their good hostess
Has travelled a million miles
But you'd like it written closer
Yes, you'd like it written pure
If I told you this, would you miss my kiss
Would you come right back for more
Oh, I'd like to be, what I wanna be
But you want to carry on
But you need to take, what you have to take
But I'd still be here when you're gone
And there's a light by your window
And I'd like to capture you by there
And I'd like to hold you for all to see
But they don't really care
And if I said you're no peccadillo
Yes, I said you're a major thing
Would you stand by me, at the corner dock
And say, "Yes, this girl is the swing!"
Oh, I'd like to be, what I wanna be
But you want to carry on
But you need to take, what you have to take
But I'd still be here when you're gone
And I'd like another cue
That's why I strain to see
And I'd like the best in you
Cause you write the best in me
And everybody was swinging
Oh swooning to the heart in me
Oh they were sure that I'd be burning, yes
So their tart swerve to here might be
But if I said "you're gold, inside, yes?"
And if you were true to me
Would you hang around with that creepy smile
Crawl home back to me
Oh, I'd like to be, what I wanna be
But you want to carry on
But you need to take, what you have to take
But I'd still be here when you're gone
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Readable chord sheet for We Almost Got It Together by Tanita Tikaram
W[C]e almost got it tog[G]ether And I[Am]'ll be your favourite th[F]ing Oh st[C]and by the river with h[G]ard-luck eyes And I[Am]'ll just be open and s[F]ing And i[C]f I was telling you st[G]ories I was o[Am]nly trying to surpr[F]ise I w[C]ish I was like the fr[F]og princess And I'd n[G]ever tell you l[C]ie[F]s [C] [G] And d[C]own by the soil of the h[G]ard life Oh t[Am]hey like to greet us with sm[F]iles Th[C]ey like to tell us their go[G]od hostess Has tr[Am]avelled a million m[F]iles But y[C]ou'd like it written cl[G]oser Yes, y[Am]ou'd like it written p[F]ure If I t[C]old you this, would you m[F]iss my kiss Would you c[G]ome right back for m[C]or[F]e [C] [G] Oh, I'd l[Am]ike to be, what I w[F]anna be But you w[C]ant to carry [G]on But y[Am]ou need to take, what y[F]ou have to take But I'd st[G]ill be here when you're g[C]on[F]e [C] [G] And th[C]ere's a light by your w[G]indow And I'd l[Am]ike to capture you b[F]y there And I'd l[C]ike to hold you for a[G]ll to see But t[Am]hey don't really c[F]are And if [C]I said you're no peccad[G]illo Yes, [Am]I said you're a major th[F]ing Would yo[C]u stand by me, at th[F]e corner dock And say, "Y[G]es, this girl is the sw[C]in[F]g![C]" [G] Oh, I'd l[Am]ike to be, what I w[F]anna be But you w[C]ant to carry [G]on But you n[Am]eed to take, what you h[F]ave to take But I'd st[G]ill be here when you're g[C]on[F]e [C] [G] [Am]And I'd like an[F]other cue That's w[C]hy I strain to s[G]ee [Am]And I'd like the b[F]est in you Cause you wr[G]ite the best in m[C]e [F] [C] [G] And e[C]verybody was sw[G]inging Oh sw[Am]ooning to the heart in m[F]e Oh th[C]ey were sure that I'd be b[G]urning, yes So their t[Am]art swerve to here might b[F]e But if [C]I said "you're gold, ins[G]ide, yes?" And [Am]if you were true to m[F]e Would you [C]hang around with that c[F]reepy smile Cr[G]awl home back to m[C]e [F] [C] [G] Oh, I'd l[Am]ike to be, what I w[F]anna be But you w[C]ant to carry [G]on But you n[Am]eed to take, what you h[F]ave to take But I'd st[G]ill be here when you're g[C]on[F]e [C] [G]