...SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK... by Robert Palmer
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*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:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/robert_palmer/some_guys_have_all_the_luck_crd.html ]
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)