No one is to blame (1985)    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - C - D - G      +  G - C - D         +  G - Em - D (2x)

 

      G                                                   D

1. You can look at the menu, but you just can't eat,

      C                                                                       G

    you can feel the cushion but you can't have a seat.

                   G                                                  D

    You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim,

      C                                                                                   G

    you can feel the punishment, but you can't commit the sin.

 

                 D                           C              G           C     G

And you want her, and she wants you, we want everyone.

                 D                          C

And you want her, and she wants you,

 C    G    C Am                        - D            G     - Em - D    - G - Em - D

no one, no one, no one ever,        is to blame.

 

      G                                                         D

2. You can build a mansion but you just can't live in it,

       C                                                                            G

    you're the fastest runner, but you're not allowed to win.

                               G                                      D

    Some break the rules, and let you cut the cost,

C                                                                G

    the insecurity is the thing that won't be lost.

 

                 D                           C              G           C     G

And you want her, and she wants you, we want everyone.

                 D                          C

And you want her, and she wants you,

 C    G    C  Am                       - D            G     - Em - D    - G - Em - D

no one, no one, no one ever,        is to blame.

 

      G                                                  D

3. You can see the summit, but you can't reach it,

                C                                                                           G

    it's the last piece of the puzzle, but you just can't make it fit.

                                    G                                        D

    Doctor says you're cured, but you still feel the pain,

     C                                                                                     G

    aspirations in the clouds, but your hopes go down the drain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 D                           C              G           C     G

And you want her, and she wants you, we want everyone,

                 D                          C

And you want her, and she wants you

 C  G     C  Am                     - D         Em     - A

no one, no one, no one ever      is to blame.

 

    Am                - D          Em     - A

+  No one ever,      is to blame,

    Am               - D           G      - Em - D     - G - Em - D

    no one ever       is to blame.

 

+  G - C - D - G (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Howard Jones)