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Can't Be Saved By Love

from One More Highway by Bob Menzies

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A love song based on Fado, the blues of Portugal. Tanslates as fate. Recorded live off the floor and features the violin of James Gray from Blue Rodeo.

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Can’t Be Saved By Love

BPM 152
Intro D Dm A7 D

Verse 1
D Dm A7 G A7
Shadows stalk my lonely room, ghosts advance through darkened gloom
D B7 EM7 A7
You left me here way too soon, misery fits me like a glove
D Dm A7 G A7
All I know is what I see, and what I see discomforts me
D B7
What will be will surely be
EM7 A7 D Dm A7 D
Can’t be saved by love

Chorus
G A
Can’t be saved by love alone
D G
By staring at a darkened phone
D G
You can’t get blood from a stone
Em 7 A7
Can’t be saved by love

Can’t be saved by love alone
You need to move some heavy stones
It’s just hard work to build a home
Em 7 A7 D DM A7 D
Can’t be saved by love

Solo based on Verse



Verse 2

I had your love then threw it out
I found pleasure all about
But every day was like a drought
Now you’re all I can think about
If I could do it all again
Cause less grief unto my friends
But nothing changes in the end
Can’t be saved by love
Repeat Chorus

Bridge
Bm A
There’s a suitcase packed in the corner of the room, there’s a bus ticket on the bed
Bm A
There’s a goodbye song on the radio, a tune playing in my head

Repeat Verse 2
I had your love then threw it out
I found pleasure all about
But every day was like a drought
Now you’re all I can think about
If I could do it all again
Cause less grief unto my friends
But nothing changes in the end
Can’t be saved by love

Chorus
Can’t be saved by love alone
By staring at a darkened phone
You can’t get blood from a stone
Can’t be saved by love
Can’t be saved by love alone
You need to move some heavy stones
It’s just hard work to build a home
Can’t be saved by love
Can’t be saved by love
Outro

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from One More Highway, released January 1, 2014
James Gray

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Bob Menzies Sooke, British Columbia

Bob Menzies is a Canadian folk-rock, alt-country singer-songwriter originally from Montreal and now living in Sooke, a small oceanside town on Vancouver Island’s south coast. He has recorded 5 albums of original music previously and his newest recording is the 2018 EP IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS. ... more

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