TOUGH LUCK
Music and Words by Chris Ralph and Paul Denson
www.jaspertrap.com

Cadd9 –   x, 3, 2, 0, 3, 3
G –       3, 2, 0, 0, 3, 3
Dsus4 –   x, 0, 0, 2, 3, 3
Em7 –     0, 2, 2, 0, 3, 3
D/F# -    2, 0, 0, 2, 3, 2
Asus4 –   x, 0, 2, 2, 3, 3

Four Bar Intro plus Piano riff.
Cadd9, G, Dsus4 x 4

VERSE 1
Cadd9     G             Dsus4
I’ve been up, I’ve been down,
                              Cadd9 
I should’ve shown you all around,
        G             Dsus4 
I wanna know what you know,
                                   Cadd9
Cos then we’ll find that you don’t know,
      G    Dsus4
Nothing, yeah-ah,
            Cadd9    G        Dsus4
You’ll never be nothing, yeah-ah-ah,

VERSE 2
Cadd9      G            Dsus4
You forced in, you want out,
                          Cadd9 
Now you see what it’s all about,
        G              Dsus4 
Giving up is just like you,
                           Cadd9
Can’t we just see this one through?
    G     Dsus4 
One time, yeah-ah,
             Cadd9    G     Dsus4  
You’ll never be nothing, yeah-ah,


CHORUS
Cadd9	       G
Tough luck, ya fallen in the dark,
      Em7		     Dsus4
Which way should I go now, I thought you’d show me how-ow-ow,
Cadd9	       G
Jump down, you think ya something now,
	  Em7			  Dsus4         (Hold)
You’re no better than the rest of u-us,


VERSE 3
Cadd9 G      Dsus4
Love in, Run out,
                     Cadd9
Never give without a doubt,
           G            Dsus4
Let things turn in your mind,
                               Cadd9
What can you see before you’re blind?
  G      Dsus4
Only, yeah-ah,
          Cadd9     G           Dsus4
It’s only what they want you to see


CHORUS
Cadd9	       G
Tough luck, ya fallen in the dark,
      Em7		     Dsus4
Which way should I go now, I thought you’d show me how-ow-ow,
Cadd9	       G
Jump down, you think ya something now,
	  Em7			  Dsus4         
You’re no better than the rest of u-us,
Cadd9	       G
Tough luck, ya fallen in the dark,
      Em7		     Dsus4
Which way should I go now, I thought you’d show me how-ow-ow,
Cadd9	       G
Jump down, you think ya something now,
	  Em7			  Dsus4         (Hold)
You’re no better than the rest of u-us,


MIDDLE 8th
    Em7                  Dsus4
Cos when you’re dead and gone, 
          Cadd9              G
You leave things behind and life goes on.
 Em7          Dsus4   Cadd9     G  
Will you fade away, or burn out another way
D/F#
Yeah yeah
Asus4
Yeah yeah
Cadd9      Dsus4
Yeah yeah

SOLO 
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 x 4

CHORUS (just acoustic)
Cadd9	       G
Tough luck, ya fallen in the dark,
      Em7		     Dsus4
Which way should I go now, I thought you’d show me how-ow-ow,
Cadd9	       G
Jump down, you think ya something now,
	  Em7			  Dsus4         
You’re no better than the rest of u-us,

CHORUS X 2 (With Pauses after ‘Tough Luck’)
Cadd9	       G
Tough luck, ya fallen in the dark,
      Em7		     Dsus4
Which way should I go now, I thought you’d show me how-ow-ow,
Cadd9	       G
Jump down, you think ya something now,
	  Em7			  Dsus4        
You’re no better than the rest of u-us,

Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 
HaaaaaaaHaaaa 
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 
HaaaaaaaHaaaa 
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 
HaaaaaaaHaaaa 
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 (Guitar riff)
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4 
Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus4  

End on Cadd9
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