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Adele Songbook

1. The song is about a relationship that almost succeeded but ultimately failed, leaving deep scars. 2. The singer feels they were played by their partner who had "my heart and soul in the palm of your hand." 3. The singer warns their former partner that they will make their "head burn" and urges them to "think of me in the depths of your despair."

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Adele Songbook

1. The song is about a relationship that almost succeeded but ultimately failed, leaving deep scars. 2. The singer feels they were played by their partner who had "my heart and soul in the palm of your hand." 3. The singer warns their former partner that they will make their "head burn" and urges them to "think of me in the depths of your despair."

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C5

C5 G5

1. There´s a fire start - ing in my heart,


2. See how I´ll leave with ev - ´ry piece of you.

Drums

B5 G5 B5

reach - ing a fe - ver pitch and it´s bring - ing me out the dark.
Don´t un - der - es - ti - mate the things that I will do.

4
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C5 G5

Fin - al - ly I can see you crys - tal clear.


There´s a fire start - ing in my heart,

B5 G5 B5

Go a - head and sell me out and I´ll lay your shit bare.
reach - ing a fe - ver pitch and it´s bring - ing me out the dark.

cont. sim.

11 A B G m7

The scars of your love re - mind me of us. They keep me

14 A B

think - ing that we al - most had it all. The scars of your love, they leave me

5
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Gm G Cm

breath - less. I can´t help feel - ing we could have had it all.

B A maj7 B

Roll - ing in the deep. You had my heart and

Cm B

soul ´side of your hand. And you played

25 A maj7 Zur Coda B

it to the beat.

6
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C5 G5

3. Ba - by, I have no sto - ry to be told. But

Drums

29 B5 G5 B5

I´ve heard one on you now I`m gon-namake your head burn.

C5 G5

Think of me in the depths of your des - pair.

B5 G5 B5
D.S. al Coda

Make a home down there as mine sure won´t be shared.

7
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A maj7 B A maj7

Could have had it all.

37 B Cm

Roll - ing in the deep.

B A maj7

You had my heart and soul ´side of your hand.

41 B

But you played it with a beat - ing.

8
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N.C.

Throw your soul trough ev - ´ry o - pen door.

46 Drums

Count your bless - ings to find what you look for.

cont. sim.

Turn my sor - rows in - to trea - sured gold. You´ll

50 Cm B5
N.C.

pay me back in kind and reap just what you´ve sown.

9
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52
Cm B

We could have had it

A maj7 B Cm

all. We could have had it all.

57 B A maj7 B

It all. It all. It all. We could have had it

60 Cm B

all. Roll - ing in the

10
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A maj7 B Cm

deep. You had my heart and soul ´side of your hand.

65 1.
B A maj7

And you played it to the beat.

2.
B B

Roll - ing in the And you played

69 A maj7 A B Cm

it, you played it, you played it, you played it to the beat.

11
C m7 A maj9

Con pedale

F m9 A

9 C m7 A maj9

1. Close e - nough to start a war. All that I


2. Un - der haunt - ed skies I see you. Ooh.

12
! !
F m9 A

have is on the floor.


Where love is lost________ your ghost was found.

17 C m7 A maj9

God on - ly knows what we´re fight - ing for. All that I


I braved a hun - dred storms to leave you. hard you try,

F m9 A
3

say, you al - ways say more.


no I_____ will nev - er be knocked down. }

25 A F m7

I can´t keep up with your turn - ing ta - bles. Un - der

13
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29 A A sus2 B

your thumb I can´t breath. So

C m7 A maj7 E

I won´t let you close e nough to hurt

36 Fm C m7 A maj7

me. No, I won´t res - cue

39 E Fm C m7 A maj9

you to just de - sert me. I can´t give you the

14
# ! !
A E /G G m/B B F m7 E A add9

heart you think you gave me. It´s time to say good - bye.

47 C m7

To turn - ing ta - bles.

A maj9 F m9

To turn - ing ta - bles.

53 A Zur Coda

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C m7 A maj7

Next time I´ll be brav - er, I´ll be my

59 E

own sav - iour when the thun - der calls for me.

F m7 C m7

Next time I´ll be brav - er,

66 A maj7 E

I´ll be my own sav - iour, stand - ing

16
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B D.S. al Coda
N.C.

on my own two feet.

A C m7
3

Turn - ing ta - bles. Vocal ad libitum

76 A maj9 F m9

A maj9 Cm

17
E B 7/F E B 7/F

Con pedale

3 E B 7/F E

5 E A

1. When will I see you a - gain? You left with


2. When was the last time that you thought of me? Or have you com -

25
! "# # "
C m7 E A

no good - bye. Not a sin - gle word was said. No


plete - ly e - rased me from your mem - o - ry? I of - ten

9 E E /G A

fi - nal kiss to seal an - y sins. I had


think a - bout where I went wrong. The more I

Cm E 3
A
3

no i - dea of the state we were in.


do the less I know. } I know I have a

13 B

fick - le heart and a bit - ter - ness. And a

26
"# # " $
Cm G B N.C.
3

wond - ´ring eye and a heav - i - ness in my head. But don´t you re -

16 E A
3

mem - ber? Don´t you re -

Fm B sus4 B E A E
3

mem - ber the rea - son you loved me


3

20 G m7 A 3

be - fore? Ba - by, please re - mem -

27
% "# # "
Fm B sus4 E 1.
3 E

ber me once more.

24 2.
B G /D
A

more. Gave you the space so you could breath. I kept my

D A B E m

dis - tance so you would be free. In hope that you´d find the miss - ing piece to

28 Fm B

3
bring you back to me. Why don´t you - re

28
"# # " &
30 F A m7 B

3
mem - ber? Don´t you re -

Gm C sus4 C F B F

3
mem - ber the rea - son you loved me
3

34 A m7 B Gm C sus4 C

3
be - fore? Ba - by, please re - mem - ber me once

B F B

more. When will I see you a - gain?

29
Dm F C Gm

1. I let it

5 Dm F C Gm

fall, my heart. And as it fell you rose to claim it. It was

Dm F C C sus4 C

dark and I was o - ver un - til you kissed my lips and you saved me. My

30
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Dm F C

hands they were strong, but my knees were far too weak
2. I lay with you I coul stay there, just close

16 Gm Dm F

to stand in your arms with - out fall -


my eyes, feel you here for - ev - er. You and me

C C sus4 C B 6

- - ing to your feet. But there´s a


to - geth - er, noth - ing gets bet - ter. ´Cause there´s a } side to you that I

22 Gm Dm

nev - er knew, nev - er knew. All the things you´d say they were nev - er true, nev - er true. And the

31
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B C sus4 C N.C.

games you´d play you would al - ways win, al - ways win. But I set

28 Dm C

fire to the rain. Watched it pour as I touched your face.

Gm

When it burned, well, I cried ´cause I heard it scream - ing out your

34 Dm C 1. 2.
C Dm

name. Your name. 2. When I set fire. to the

32
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C

rain. And I threw us in - to the flames. When we fell,

41 Gm B C

some-thing died´cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time. Some - times I

B F/A Am C

wake up by the door that heart you caughtmust be wait-ing for ya. E - ven now

49 B F maj7 Am C

when we´re al -read-y o - ver. I can´t help my-self from look-ing for you. I set

33
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Dm C

fire to the rain. Watched it pour as I touched your face.


fire to the rain and I threw us in - to the flames.
3° & 4° vocal ad lib.

56 Gm

When it burned, well, I cried ´cause I heard it scream - ing out your
When we fell some - thing died. ´Cause I knew that that was the last

1, 3. 2.
Dm B C

name. Your name. I set time, the last time.

63 4.
B C

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N.C. Cm

Drums cont. sim.

Gm Fm Cm

1. Some - day I´ll be bet - ter

Gm Fm

with - out you. But they don´t know you like I do, or at least the sides I thought I knew. I can´t

35
" #$ ! $ # !
Cm Gm

bear this time, it drags on as I lose my mind. Re - mind - ed by the

Fm

things I find like notes and clothes you left be - hind.

Cm Gm

2. Wake me up, wake me up when all is done. i won´t rise un - til this
4. voice to - day, I did - n´t know a sin - gle word he said. Not one re - sem - blance to the

Fm F m7 G m7 A maj7

bat - tle´s won. My dig - ni - ty´s be - come un - done.


man I met. Just a vague and bro-ken boy in - stead.} But I won´t go.

36
#$ ! $ # ! %
A maj7 C m/B Gm G m/A Fm

I can´t do it on my own if this ain´t love then what is?

Gm Cm F m7 G m7 A maj7

I´m will - ing to take the risk. I won´t go.

C m/B Gm G m/A Fm

I can´t do it on my own. If this ain´t love then what is?

1.
Gm Cm

I´m will - ing to take the risk. 3. So

37
& #$ ! $ # !
Cm Gm

pe - tri - fied, I´m so scared to step in - to this ride. What if I lose my heart and

Fm

fail to climb? I won´t for - give me if I give up try - ing. 4. I heard his

2. F m7 G m7 F m9sus4 G m7

I´m will - ing to take the risk. There will be

C m7 Cm

times we´ll try and give it up, burst - ing at the

38
#$ ! $ # ! '
F m9 G m7

seams. No doubt we´ll al - most fall a - part then burn the piec -

A maj7

- es to watch them turn to dust. But

D.S. al Coda
G7 F m7 G m7 A maj7

noth - ing will ev - er taint us. I won´t go

Gm Cm
CODA

I´m will - ing to take the risk.

39
( #$ ! $ # !
Cm Gm

Will he, will he still re - mem - ber me? Will he still love me e - ven

Fm

when he´s free, or will he go back to the place where he can choose the poi - son

Cm Gm

o - ver me? When we spoke yes - ter - day he said to hold my breath and sit and

Fm F m7 G m7 A maj7

wait. I´ll be home so soon I won´t be late. He won´t go.

40
#$ ! $ # ! )
A maj7 C m/B Gm G m/A Fm

He can´t do it on his own, if this ain´t love then what is?

Gm Cm F m7 G m7 A maj7 C m/B Gm

He´s will-ing to take the risk. So I won´t go. He can´t do it on his own.
2°Were 2°I can´t do it on my own.

1.
G m/A Fm Gm Cm F m7G m7 A maj7

If this ain´t love then what is? I´m will-ing to take the risk. ´Cause he won´t go

2. Free Time
Gm Cm G7 Cm
rit.

I´m will- ing to take the risk.

41
C E m/B Am C/G

1. Did-n´t I give it all? Tried my best. Gave you ev - ´ry -

D/F C 9/E D C sus2

thing I have. Ev - ´ry - thing and no less. 2. Did - n´t I

5
C E m/B Am C/G

do it right? Did I let you down? May - be you got


3. I should leave to help you see Noth - ing gets

42
! "# # "
D/F C add9/E D C add9 C E m/B
3

too used to, well, hav-in´ me ´round. Still,how can you walka-way from all my
3. bet - ter than this and this is ev-´ry-thing we need. So is it o - ver? Is this real-ly

Am C/G D/F C add9/E D C sus2

tears? It´s gon-na be an


it? You´re giv-in´ up so
emp-ty road
eas - i - ly.
with - out me right here.
I thought you loved me more than this, but go on... }
But goon and

13
C E m/B Am C/G

take it, take it all with you.

43
"# # " $
F G E 7/G Am

Don´t look back at this crum - bl - ing fool. Just

D m7 E m7 F maj7 C

take it all with my love.

D m7 E m7 F maj7 1. 2.
C 3 C

Take it all with my love. May - be love. I will


3

22 B Am

change if I must. Slow it down

44
% "# # "
F C

and bring it home, I will ad - just. Oh, if on -

E7 Am D m7 E m7 F maj7 A 7sus4 C sus2/G

- ly, if on - ly you knew that ev - ´ry thing I do is for you

29 C E m/B Am C/G D/F C add9/E

32 D C C E m/B Am C/G
3

But go on, go on and take it, take it all with you.

45
"# # " &
F G E 7/G Am C E m/B
3

Don´t look back at this crum - bl - ing fool. Just take it, take it

Am C/G 39 F G E 7/G Am

all withyou. Don´t look back at this crum - bl - ing fool. Just

42 Free Time
D m7 E m7 F maj7 Free time D m7 E m7 F maj7
C

take it all with my love. Take it all with my


a tempo

a tempo C
Am D m7 E m7 F maj7 Free Time

love. Take it all with my love.


3

46
Cm

Cm E /B A maj7 G

Cm E /B A maj7 G

Cm E /B A maj7 G

1. When - ev - er I´m a - lone with you


2. When - ev - er I´m a - lone with you

47
Cm E /B A maj7

you make me feel like I am home a - gain.


you make me feel like I am young a - gain.

Cm E /B A maj7

When - ev - er I´m a - lone with you


When - ev - er I´m a - lone with you

1.
Cm E /B A maj7 G

you make me feel like I am whole a - gain.


you make me feel like I am fun a - gain.

2.
G 7#9 F m7 Cm
A maj7

How - ev - er far a - way, I will al -

48
G m/B A maj7 F m7

- ways love you. How - ev - er long I stay,

Cm G m/B A maj7

I will al - ways love you. What - ev - er words

F m7 Cm Zur Coda II G m/B

I say, I will al - ways love you.

A maj7 G 7/B Zur Coda I Cm E /B

I will al - ways love you.

49
!
A maj7 1. 2.
G7 Repeat ad lib. G7

3. When -

Cm E /B A maj7

ev - er I´m a - lone with you,


4. ev - er I´m a - lone with you,

G7 Cm E /B

you make me feel like I am


you make me feel like I am

1. 2.
A maj7
G7 G7 D.S. al Coda I

free a - gain. 4. When


clean a - gain.

50
Coda I "
Cm E /B

you.

1, 2, 3. 4.
A maj7 G 7#9 G 7#9 D.S. al Coda II

1, 2, 3. 4.

Coda II G m/B A maj7 G7 Cm E /B

- ways love you. I´ll al - ways love you. I´ll al - ways


you.

1, 2, 3. 4.
A maj7 Cm
G7 Repeat ad lib. G7

love you. ´Cause I love


1, 2, 3. 4.

51
!
! " ! !

A A/G G C D

2° Trumpets

A F/G C/G C D

5
A A/G G C D A F/G C/G
3

1. Hold me clos - er one more time say that you love me in your

52
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C D A A/G G

good - bye. Please for - give me

C D A F/G C/G C D

for my sins. Yes, I swamdir-ty wa ters, but you pushedme in. 2. I´ve

13
A A/G G C D

seen your face un - der ev - ´ry sky. O - ver


3. Let me stay here for just one more night. Build your

A F C/G C D
3

ev - ´ry bor - der and on ev - ´ry line. You


walls a - round me and pull me to the light. So

53
17 $% " % $ ! " ! ! &
A A/G G C D

know my heart more than I do. We were the


I can tell you that I was wrong. I was a

A F/G C/G C D

great - est, me and you.


child then but now I´m will ing learn. } But we had

21
E G A E
3 3 3

time a - gainst us and miles be - tween us. The heav - ens cried, I know I left you speech - less. But

G A C D
3 3

now the sky has cleared and it´s blue. And I see my fu - ture in you. I´ll be

54
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25 E D A D
3

wait - ing for you when you´re read - y to love me a - gain. I´ll put my

E D A

hands up. I´ll do ev - ´ry - thing diff - ´rent, I´ll be bet - ter to you. I´ll be

29
E D A D
3

wait - ing for you when you´re read - y to love me a - gain. I´ll put my

E D C D

hands up. I´ll be some - bod - y diff - ´rent, I´ll be bet - ter to you.

55
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E A

Time a - gainst us. Miles be - tween us.

1. 2.
G A E A C D

Heav-ens cried. I know I left you speech - less. I know I left you speech - less.

E D A D

I´ll be

40 E D A

wait - ing. I´ll be

56
) $% " % $ ! " ! !
E D A D
3

wait - ing for you when you´re read - y to love me a - gain. I´ll put my

E D A

hands up. I´ll do ev - ´ry - thing diff - ´rent, I´ll be bet - ter to you. I´ll be

46 E D A D
3

wait - ing for you when you´re read - y to love me a - gain. I´ll put my

E D C D E

hands up. I´ll be some-bod-y diff-´rent, I´ll be bet-ter to you.

57
F/C C7

1. You´ve been on my

5 F C

mind. I grow fon - der ev - ´ry day, los - ing my - self in


2. mind? ev - ´ry word I say? You lose your - self in

Gm Dm C

time. Just think - ing of your face. God on - ly


time 2. at the men - tion of my name. Will I e - ver

58
!" " !
F C

knows why it´s tak - en me so long to let my doubts


know how it feels to hold you close and have you

17 Gm D C sus4 C

go. Oh, you´re the on - ly one that I want.


tell me which - ev - er road I choose you´ll go. } I don´t know

B C Dm

why I´m scared, I´ve been here be - fore. Ev - ´ry feel - ing, ev - ´ry word, I´ve i - ma -

24 E

- gined it all. You´ll nev - er know if you nev - er try to

59
!" " ! #
B C sus4 C

for - give your past and sim - ply be mine. I dare you to

F Dm

let me be your, your one and on - ly. Prom - ise I´m

35 Am B Am Gm C

wor - thy to hold in your arms. So come on and give

F Dm

me the chance to prove I am the one who you can walk that

60
$ !" " !
43 Am Zur Coda 1. 2.
B Am Gm C Gm C

mile un - til the end starts. 2. Have I been on you

E sus2 B /E B sus2/E B G m7#5 G m7 B sus2/E G m7

52 B sus4/F B /F B sus2/F B /F B sus4 B B sus2 B

E sus2 B /E B sus2/E B G m7#5 G m7 B sus2/E G m7

I know it ain´t eas - y, giv - ing up your heart.

61
!" " ! %
B sus4/F B /F B sus2/F B /F B sus4 B

I know it ain´t eas - y, giv - ing up your

63 B sus2 E sus2 B /E B sus2/E B


B

No - bod - y´s per - fect. Trust me, I´ve


heart.
(cont. sim.)

G m7#5 G m7 B sus2/E G m7 B sus4/F B /F

learned it. No - bod - y´s per - fect.

1.
69 B sus2/F B /F B sus4 B B sus2 B

Trust me I´ve learned it. No - bod - y´s

62
& !" " !
2.
G m7#5 G m7 C

So I dare you to
Giv - ing up your heart.
learned it.

CODA Gm C F

Come on and give me the chance to prove that I´m the

78 Dm Am

one who can walk that mile

B Am Gm C F

un - til the end starts.

63
A C m/G

Con pedale

F m D

1. I

5
A C m/G

heard that you´re set - tled down. That you


2. You know how the time flies, on - ly

64
!" " !
F m D

found a girl and you´re mar - ried now.


yes - ter - day was the time of our lives. We were

A C m/G

I heard that your dreams came true. Guess she


born and raised in a sum - mer haze. Bound

11 F m D

gave you things I did - n´t give to you.


by the sur - prise. of our glo - ry days. I

1° only
A C m/G

Old friend, why are you so shy? Ain´t like

65
!" " ! #
F m D

you to hold back, or hide from the light. I

17 A add9 F m7 D

hate to turn up out of the blue un-in-vit-ed but I could-n´t stay a - way. I could-n´t fight it. I had

E add9 F m7 D E add9/D

hoped you´d see my face and that you´d be re-mind-ed that for me it is-n´t o - ver.

1° only 2° only
21 D D

66
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23 A E F m Dm

Nev - er mind I´ll find some - one like you. I wish

A E F m Dm

noth - ing but the best for you two. Don´t for -

27 A E F m Dm

get me, I beg. I´ll re - mem - ber you said some - times it

1, 3.
A E F m Dm
3

lasts and loves but some - times it hurts in - stead. Some - times it

67
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31 Zur Coda

lasts and loves but some - times it hurts in - stead.

2.
F m D

stead.

35 E/B F m/C
3 3

Noth -ing com-pares, no wor - ries or cares, re - grets and mis -takes they are mem - o - ries made.

D5 Bm A/C
3

Who would have known how bit - ter - sweet this would

68
& !" " !
D rit. a tempo C/G F m D
E/D A

Nev - er mind. I´ll find some - one like you. I wish


taste?

42 A C/G F m D A E

noth - ing but the best for you. Don´t for - get me, I beg. I´ll re -

D.S. al Coda
F m D A E/G F m
D

mem-ber you said some-times it lasts and loves but some- times it hurts in - stead.

CODA
48 D A5

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