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[Intro]
G D Am Am
G D Am C x4
[Verse]
G D
How many cabs in New York City?
Am C
How many angels on a pin?
G D
How many notes on a saxophone?
Am C
How many tears in a bottle of gin?
G D
How many times did you call my name?
Am C G D Am
Knock at the door but you couldn't get in.
[Chorus]
C G
I know,
D Am
I've been,
C
Careless.
[Verse]
G D
I've been wrapped up in a shell.
Am C
Nothing could get through to me.
G D
Acted like I didn't know.
Am C
I had friends and family.
G D
I saw worry in their eyes.
Am C G D Am
It looked like fear to me.
[Chorus]
C G
I know,
D Am
I've been,
C G
Careless.
D Am
I lost,
C G
my tenderness.
D Am
I've been,
C G
Careless.
D Am C
I took, bad care of this.
[Instrumental]
G D Am C x4
[Verse]
G D
Like a mixture in a bottle.
Am C
Like a frozen over lake.
G D
Like a long time painted smile.
Am C
I got so hard I had to crack.
G D
You were there you held the line.
Am C G D Am
You're the one that brought me back.
[Chorus]
C G
I know,
D Am
I've been,
C G
Careless.
D Am
I lost,
C G
my tenderness.
D Am
I've been,
C G
Careless.
D Am C
I took, bad care of this.
G D
How many cabs in New York City? (I've been)
Am C
How many angels on a pin? (careless)
G D
How many notes on a saxophone? (I lost)
Am C
How many tears in a bottle of gin? (my tenderness)
G D
How many times did you call my name? (I've been)
Am C
Knock at the door but you couldn't get in? (careless)
G D
How many stars in the Milky Way? (I took)
Am C
How many ways can you lose a friend? (bad care of this)
[Outro]
G D
I've been,
Am C
Careless.
G D
I lost,
Am C
my tenderness.
G D
I've been,
Am C
Careless.
G D
I took,
Am C
bad care of this..........
G D
I've been,
Am C
Careless.
G D
I lost,
Am C
my tenderness. (I've been careless)
(fade out)