...SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK... by Robert Palmer
---------------------------------.................

*from 'Maybe It's Live' (1980)*


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: A)


Intro:

D

Chorus 1:

               G
Some guys have all the luck,
               Em
Some guys have all the fun.
               C
Some guys have all the luck, all the luck,
D                            D7
 What you gonna do when your luck begins to run?

Break:

G
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
Em
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
C                                                   G
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh.

Verse 1:

G                       Em
 Such a lucky dog, it's good luck; push it.
                         C
I get turned on by every-thing you do to me.
              D
Don't say you shouldn't do that,
                    D7
Push your hard luck hard; push it.

Bridge 1:

G                                     Em
 Oh, to take a kiss from lady luck to-night,
Oh yeah, I want to so much.
C
 Ooh, the way it feels,
         Am
When you find out there's a pearl in it,
D                                D7
 Girl, the way it feels when you get it.

Chorus 2:

               G
Some guys have all the luck,
               Em
Some guys have all the fun.
         C
I get to hear you talk, see you walk,
     D
Ooh, take me in your arms,
             D7
And let your luck begin to run.

Solo:

G  Em, C  D  D7

Verse 2:

G
 I touch you, alright, I thought my luck had held,
   Em
Un-til you fingered me.
                           C
We make a right impression when you hold me tight.
                           D
Wait for a break, my lucky charm,
                          D7
Things are looking up, al-right, alright.

Bridge 2:

G                                     Em
 Oh, to take a kiss from lady luck to-night,
Oh yeah, I want to so much.
C
 Ooh, the way it feels,
         Am
When you find out there's a pearl in it,
D                                D7
 Girl, the way it feels when you get it.

Chorus 3:

               G
Some guys have all the luck,
              Em
Some guys get all the breaks.
         C
I get to roll my dice; ain't it nice?
     D
Ooh, take me in your kitchen,
          D7
And we'll play for higher stakes.

Break:

G
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
Em
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
C                                                   G
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh.

Chorus 4:

               G
Some guys have all the luck,
               Em
Some guys have all the fun.
         C
I get to hear you talk, see you walk,
     D
Ooh, take me in your arms,
             D7
And let your luck begin to run.

Coda:

G
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
Em
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
C                                                   G
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Em      C       D       D7      Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  022000  x32010  xx0232  xx0212  x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)