***intro:
Em d/f# gc
Em d cg
*** verse: 1
Em d/f# g c
Weve known her ever since she was a kid
Em d c g
She was the kind of girl who repeats her mistakes
Em d/f# g c
Her parents never minded what she did
Em d c g
She was a fallen angel with dirt on her face
Am g/b c d
But past a certain point she stayed behind
Am g/b c d
The two of us could never read her mind
Am g/b c d
The million ways she had of killing time
*** chorus:
Em d c
So we just gave up
Em dc
Yeah we just gave up
Em d
cause sometimes, you know
C g
Theres limits to love
C g c g
*** verse 2:
Wed get impatient with her now and then em d/f# gc
Oh, shed smile and say, `now youre not being nice. em d cg
I guess her definition of a friend em d/f# gc
Was someone long on love, and short on advice em d cg
We gave her money but the moneys bad am g/bcd
She took the dollars and just tore them in half am g/bcd
We got so angry, we just had to laugh am g/bcd
*** chorus:
But we still gave up em dc
Yeah we still gave up em dc
cause sometimes, you know em d
Theres limits to love cg| c g | c g
*** instrumental:
** verse 3:
Shell get in trouble but she will scrape through em d/f# gc
Oh, shes the kind of girl who can always find helpem d cg
Id say shes stupid, but itd be untrue em d/f#g c
Oh, youve got to be smart if youre fooling yourself em d cg
We tried to love her, but our love unwound am g/bcd
(so our love was weak)
We talked about her when she wasnt around am g/bcd
(so our talk was cheap)
And still we felt that we were letting her down am g/bcd
*** chorus:
cause we just gave up emdc
Yeah we just gave up em dc
cause sometimes, you know em d
Theres limits to love cg
Sometimes you know emd
Theres limits to love c g
||: emdcg | c g c g :||
(fade)