...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
 What you gonna do when,
     D7
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
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh,
        G
Ooh ooh ooh.

Verse 1:

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

Bridge 1:

G
 Oh, to take a kiss,
                  Em
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
 Girl the way it feels,
         D7
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.
We make a right impression,
C
 When you hold me tight.
Wait for a break,
         D
My lucky charm,
Things are looking up,
   D7
Al-right, alright.

Bridge 2:

G
 Oh, to take a kiss,
                  Em
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
 Girl the way it feels,
         D7
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
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh,
        G
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
 Ooh, ooh ooh ooh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh,
        G
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)