Rab Noakes - High And Dry

      Rab Noakes - High And Dry


CAPO: 2nd Fret


## NOTE: For the sake of clarity, I have omitted the quick change Cadd9-C ##
##       chords from the verses. Listen to the recording to place them.   ##



[INTRO:] Dm   F   C   Cadd9-C   Dm   F   C   Cadd9-C

[VERSE 1:]
Dm
Two jobs in a week
          F                             C
I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy
Dm
Riding on your motorcycle
F                               C
Watching all the ground beneath you drop
       Dm
You'll kill yourself for recognition
F                       C
Kill yourself to never ever stop
    Dm
You broke another mirror
       F                        C
You're turning into something you__ are not


[CHORUS:]
               Dm      F
Don't leave me high___
              C
Don't leave me___ diein'
               Dm        F
Don't leave me high_____
              C
Don't leave me___ diein'


[INSTRUMENTAL:] C   Dm   F   C      Dm   F   C


[VERSE 1:]
Dm
Drying up in conversation
F                          C
You will be the one who cannot talk
Dm
All your insights fall to pieces
F                                    C
You just sit there wishing you could still make love
Dm
They're the ones who hate ya
         F                           C
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
Dm
They're the ones who'll spit on you
F                       C
You will be the one screaming out


[CHORUS:]
               Dm      F
Don't leave me high___
              C
Don't leave me___ diein'
               Dm        F
Don't leave me high_____
              C
Don't leave me___ diein'


[BRIDGE:]
         Dm
It's the best thing that you ever had
    F                          C
The best thing that you ever, ever had
         Dm
It's the best thing that you ever had
    F                          C
The best thing that you ever, ever had


[CHORUS:]
               Dm      F
Don't leave me high___
              C
Don't leave me___ diein'
               Dm        F
Don't leave me high_____
              C
Don't leave me____ diein'


[OUTRO:] 
 Dm           F            C
(Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ahhhh)
 Dm           F            C
(Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ahhhh)
     Dm            F             C         Dm   F      C
(The best you ever had has gone away___)