You Can't Be Too Strong
Graham Parker • Key:
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You Can't Be Too Strong
Graham Parker
Intro
E B E A E B E
Did they tear it
B
out with talons of
C#m
steel
And give you a
G#m
shot so that you wouldn't
A
feel
And washed it a
B
way as if it wasn't
E
real?
A
B
E
It's just a mis
B
take I won't have to
C#m
face
Don't give it a
G#m
name, don't give it a
A
place
Don't give it a
B
chance, it's lucky in a
E
way.
#Walkdown to A
It
A
must have felt strange to
B
find me inside you
I
E
hadn't intended to
A
stay
If you want to keep it right,
B
put it to sleep at night,
C#m
Squeeze it un
A
til it could
B
say
Chorus
You can't be too
C#m
strong
A
B
You can't be too
C#m
strong
A
B
You can't be too
C#m
strong
A
B
E
Can't be too
A
strong;
E
you decide what's
B
wrong
E
A
E
B
B
E
Well I ain't gonna
B
cry; I'm gonna rejoice
C#m
And shout myself
G#m
dry and go see the
A
boys.
They'll laugh when I
B
say I left it over
E
seas.
A
B
E
Yeah, babe, I know it gets
B
dark down by Luna
C#m
Park
But everybody
G#m
else is squeezin' out a
A
spark
That happened in the
B
heat somewhere in the
E
dark. (In the dark.)
#Walkdown to A
The
A
doctor gets nervous com
B
pleting the service
He's
E
all rubber gloves and no
A
head.
Yes, he fumbles the light switch; it's
B
just another minor hitch
C#m
Wishes to
A
God he was
B
dead
Chorus
#Improvise over E A E B chords and fade
Can't be too hard, too tough, too rough, too right, too wrong
And you can't be too strong
Speed