Give It Up

pre>"if you gotta make a fool of somebody" tab
Rudy clark
As recorded by bonnie raitt

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If you got to make a fool of somebody
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If you got to make a fool of someone
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Do you really gotta hurt me
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1. ' told me baby,
You were just too tired to try,
There was nothing left for you to give
And no more tears to cry.

I know she hurt you,
But you know i've been hurt too.
You just come to me, we'll see
What a love can do.

2. ' told me baby,
I was still too young to know,
All the ways that love was going to drag you down,
And just how low i'd go.

In love and time between us,
Makes no difference at all.
You know, you're as desperate to get back up,
As i am not to fall.

Bridge:

Oh, baby, i've been looking for a man like you. . .
Oh, darling,
After all we've been through
There's no one left to fool;
Nothing left for us to do,
Except me and you.

Instrumental break

3. ' told me baby,
To find somebody new.
Do you really think that i'd come this far,
Just to lose a man like you?

You know you've got to take a chance,
If only you will stay.
And if you've got the time baby, i've got the love,
We might just find a way (4x).

Seems like such a long time since i held you my arms,
And felt you close and warm beside me,
Another night is getting late and i'm alone with just the ache
And the memory of you beside me.

Darling, i've never been so blue,
I've tried to see it through,
There's nothing i can do.
I won't make it on my own,
So won't you please hurry home,
'cause nothing seems to matter without you.

Last time i saw you,
There was nothing we could say,
We knew it was a time for a change,
A time to think you said that night,
And i lied and said all right,
I left you in the morning,
I watched you in the window,
And mexico will never be the same.

It was time to be apart,
But somehow it seems this heart of mine,
Will never find a way to live without you.
And now i'm out here on the road
And i'm feeling bought and sold,
And tonight i just can't but think about you.

Darling, i've never been so blue,
I've tried to see it through,
There's nothing i can do,
I won't make it on my own
So darling won't you hurry home,
Because nothing seems to matter without you.
No, nothing seems to matter without you.

1. i've had bad dreams too many times,
To think that they don't mean much any more.
Fine times have gone and left my sad home,
Friends who once cared just walk out my door.

Chorus:

Love has no pride when i call out your name.
Love has no pride when there's no one left to blame.
I'd give anything to see you again.

2. i've been alone too many nights
To think that you could come back again.
But i've heard you talk: "she's crazy to stay."
But this love hurts me so, i don't care what you say.

Repeat chorus

Bridge:

If i could buy your love, i'd truly try my friend.
And if i could pray, my prayer would never end.
But if you want me to beg, i'll fall down on my kneews;
Asking for you to come back...
I'd be pleading for you to come back...
Beggin for you to come back to me.

Repeat chorus

Tag line:
Yes, i'd give anything to see you again.