What Went Wrong

Band: The Slackers

Song: What Went Wrong

Album: Peculiar

A few parts of the lyrics are questionable, I couldn't find official ones. The chords are right though.

That Em to Em/Eb in the chorus is done thusly:

7 to 7

8 8

9 9

9 9

7 6

x x

Verse 1:

G Bm

Give me a minute to compose myself, it’s been

Em C

Long, long time since you been gone

G Em

I can still remember conversations we had

D C

too bad that’s all that now lingers on

G Bm

So many times I nearly fooled myself that some…

Em C

Body like you could give a damn about me

G Em

But then one day you stepped into my life,

D G

All my strife was a fleeting memory

Chorus:

C Em D C

Over and over in my head at night (What went wrong…)

C Em Em/Eb C

Didn’t lose the battle, didn’t give up the fight (What went wrong…)

C Em D C

To let you go then didn’t make things right (What went wrong…)

C (speed up strumming) Cm

Can’t hide the tears from my eyes now that love’s gone and passed me by…

Verse 2:

G Bm

During my life I somehow steered you wrong

Em C

From the road once again was driving us way

G Em

I pushed aside the things that meant so much

D C

With hope that you’d be happy some day

G Bm

I wear regret now like the lines on my face

Em C

Not a day passes on that you don’t cross my mind (You don’t cross my mind…)

G Em

Couldn’t raise the spirits of a broken heart

D G

And chance the ?

Chorus

C Em D C

Over and over in my head at night (What went wrong…)

C Em Em/Eb C

Didn’t lose the battle, didn’t give up the fight (What went wrong…)

C Em D C

To let you go then didn’t make things right (What went wrong…)

C (speed up strumming) Cm

Can’t hide the tears from my eyes now that love’s gone and passed me by…

Solo: One time through verse chords, once through chorus...

C Cm

Can’t hide the tears from my eyes now that love’s gone and passed me by…

Verse 3:

G Bm

But then one day I gathered up the nerve

Em C

To trip all of those waves I vowed not to cross

G Em

In for this pain that flow deep down inside

D C

That still housed the dreams that all is not lost

G Bm

Upon the threshold I now made my ascent

Em C

towards the door I should close on one careless days

G Em

Without a look, just pass them buzzer and in

D G

That your name, long gone, it faded away

Chorus:

C Em D C

Over and over in my head at night (What went wrong…)

C Em Em/Eb C

Didn’t lose the battle, didn’t give up the fight (What went wrong…)

C Em D C

To let you go then didn’t make things right (What went wrong…)

C (speed up strumming) Cm

Can’t hide the tears from my eyes now that love’s gone and passed me by…

Key Change for this Part - now in A:

A //// C#m //// F#m //// D // E // (repeat this line several times)

Love’s gone

Love’s gone

Love’s gone

Now that love’s gone and passed me by…

Ends on:

A //// C#m //// F#m //// D // E //

A (hold)