Key: E
Introduction: E E6 E E4 E E6 E E4 E E6 A
E A
People, I don't understand them
B E B/D#
Never can and never could
C#m G#m
The more I get to know
A B
The less I think I should
E
They don't mean the things they say
A A4A
Or say the things they mean
B
You got to try and find the message
C#m B
Somewhere in between
E
But songs are such good things
A
They never change their tune
B
They fill up lonesome evenings
C#m B
And empty afternoons
E
Songs make such easy friends
A
All you do is sing along
B A B
And you can't stay a stranger to a song
E A
Everyone seems to be moving
B E B/D#
Moving up or moving on
C#m G#m
Just when you try to touch them
A B
That when you find they're gone
E
We pass through each others lives
A A4A
Then fade into the past
B
You just don't know who to believe in
B
No one seems to last
E
But songs are such good things
A
They never change their tune
B
They fill up lonesome evenings
C#m B
And empty afternoons
E
Songs make such easy friends
A
All you do is sing along
B A E BA
And you can't stay a stranger to a song
E
Old songs
E
New songs
E
Bright songs
E
Blue songs
A
Sweet songs
A
Soul songs
B
The rock and roll
E
Songs are such easy friends
A A4A
All you do is sing along
B A E BA E
And you can't stay a stranger to a song