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I Go to Extremes Chords

Music by: Billy Joel · 1989
Genre Rock Tone C major BPM 126 Views 164
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[Intro 1]
[Bb][Am][G][C][C]
[Bb][Am][G][C][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Call me a joker, [F/C]call me a fool
Right at this moment I'm [C]to tally cool
Clear as a crystal, [F]sharp as a knife
I feel like I'm in the [C]prime of my life

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Bb]Sometimes it feels like I'm [Am]go ing too fast
[G]I don't know how long this f[D]eeling will last
[G]Maybe it's only to[C]night

[Chorus 1]
Darling, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex[G] tre[C]mes
Too high or [Bb]too low
There [Am]ain't no [G]in- be[C]tweens
And if I [Bb]stand or I [A]fall
[Dm]It's all or noth[C/E]ing at al[Fm]l
Darling, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex[G] tre[C]mes

[Verse 2]
[C]Sometimes I'm tired, [F/C]some times I'm shot
Sometimes I don't know how [C]much more I got
Maybe I'm headed [F]o ver the hill
Maybe I set myself [C]up for the kill

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Bb]Tell me, how much do you [Am]think you can take
[G]Un til the heart in you's [D]starting to break?
[G]Sometimes it feels like it [C]will

[Chorus 2]
Darling, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex[G] tre[C]mes
Too high or [Bb]too low
There [Am]ain't no [G]in- be[C]tweens
You can be [Bb]sure when I'm [A]gone
[Dm]I won't be out the[C/E]re too lon[Fm]g
Darling, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex[G] tre[C]mes

[Bridge 1]
[D]Out of the darkness, [Bb]in to the light
[F]Leaving the scene of the [C]crime
[D]Either I'm wrong or I'm
[Bb]per fectly right every t[F]ime
[Am]Sometimes I lie awake, n[F]ight after night
[C]Coming apart at the [G]seams
[D]Ea ger to please, [Bb]rea dy to fight
[F]Why do I go to ex[C]tremes?

[Solo 1]
[Bb][Am][G][C][C]
[Bb][Am][G][C][C]

[Chorus 3]
And if I [Bb]stand or I [A]fall
[Dm]It's all or noth[C/E]ing at al[Fm]l
Darling, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex[G] tre[C]mes

[Chorus 4]
No, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex [G]tr[C]emes
Too high or [Bb]too low
There [Am]ain't no [G]in- be[C]tweens
You can be [Bb]sure when I'm [A]gone
[Dm]I won't be out the[C/E]re too lon[Fm]g
Darling, I [Bb]don't know why [Am]I go to ex[G] tre[C]mes

[Outro 1]
[Bb][Am][G]
[C]I don't know why, I don't know why
[Bb][Am][G]
[C]I don't know why, I don't know why
[Bb][Am][G]
[C]Out of the dark, into the light
[Fade out]
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