More Often Than Not:Ian And Sylvia.
#22 on Canadian A.C. on COLUMBIA
Records in 1971.

INTRO: A G D G A Am7

#1.
       A
Have I not been far enough?
D        E                  A
How many times do I have to die?
A                         Gbm
Hey, how many sets has it been?
D           Gbm      Bm
Not another one, oh, no.

CHORUS:
D           E             A            Dbm
Would you believe that it happens more often 
     Gbm
than not?
D                 E               A   Abm
Here?s to all the people that I?m not with 
  Gbm   D      E         A    G D A
tonight....wherever they are.

#2.
A
Well, I rode in late last night.
D           E                   A
Would you believe I was like to die?
A                                Gbm  D
There?s was my lady lyin? with a man..not another 
Gb       Bm
one, oh, no!

CHORUS:
D           E             A            Dbm
Would you believe that it happens more often 
     Gbm
than not?
D                 E           A       Dbm   Gbm   D
Here?s to all the ladies that fell for me tonight,
E            A
whoever they were.


INTERLUDE: A B E Gb

#3.
              B
So, pass that bottle, ah, give it here.
E               Gb                  B
There?s so many reasons to drink it dry..
B                                Abm
ease my pain..Lord, it?s like to kill me.
E          Ab               Db   Dbm
Here, have another, here it goes.

CHORUS:
E             Gb            B
Then you?ll believe that it happens more often 
     Abm
than not.
E                 Gb                B           Abm  E
Here?s to all the bottles that I?ve drunk in my time,
    Gb        B
whatever they were. 


INTERLUDE: B D E Abm B

OUTRO:
B
Have I not been far enough?
E        Gb                 B
How many times do I have to die?..(Fade.)


A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.