For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt
Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse]
Why does she s
ing her sad so
ngs for me I'm
not the one
To tenderly br
ing her soft s
ympathy I've j
ust begun
To see my way
clear and it's
plain if I st
op I will fall
I can lay down
a tear for he
r pain just a
tear and that'
s all
What does sh
e want me to d
o?
She says that
she knows the
moments are ra
re I suppose t
hat it's true
Then on she go
es to say I do
n't care how s
he knows...but
I do
[Chorus]
Maybe she just
has to sing f
or the sake of
the song
Who do I think
that I am to
decide that sh
e's wrong?
[Verse]
She'd like to
think I was cr
uel but she kn
ows that's a l
ie for I would
be
No more than a
tool if I all
owed her to cr
y all over me
All my sorrow
is real even t
ho I can't cha
nge my plans
If she could s
ee how I feel
then I know th
at she'd under
stand
Aw does she ac
tually think I
'm to blame?
Does she reall
y believe that
some word of
mine could rel
ieve all her p
ain?
Can't she see
that she griev
es just becaus
e she's been b
lindly deceive
d by her shame
?
[Chorus]
Maybe she just
has to sing f
or the sake of
the song
Who do I think
that I am to
decide that sh
e's wrong?
[Verse]
Aw but nothin'
s what it seem
s, maybe she'l
l start some d
ay to realize
If she abandon
s her dreams t
hen all the wo
rds she can sa
y are only lie
s
Aw when will s
he see that th
e game is only
to lose
All that she o
ffers me are h
er chains and
I've got to re
fuse
Aw but its onl
y to herself t
hat she's lied
She likes to p
retend there's
something tha
t she should d
efend with her
pride
And I don't in
tend to stand
here and be th
e friend from
whom she must
hide
[Chorus]
Maybe she just
has to sing f
or the sake of
the song
Who do I think
that I am to
decide that sh
e's wrong?