Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 10:34:59 -0700
From: Lisa Skerritt 
Subject: The Weakness In Me by Joan Armatrading

Song: The Weakness In Me
Artist: Joan Armatrading
Album: "Walk Under Ladders" - 1981
Transcribed by Lisa Skerritt = lskerrit@direct.ca

Note:  Some of the C's sound like C9's = 032033, and some of the Em's
sound like Em9's = 022002, especially in the instrumental parts, so you
can mix it up and see which ones you like.  Sometimes i strum this song,
and sometimes i finger pick it, depending on my mood.


Intro: G  Em  C  G

	    		  G	  	 D	 Em
  C
I'm not the sort of person who falls in and quickly out of love

	 G			D			    C		G
But to you I gave my affection right from the start

	   G		 D	     Em  				C
I have a lover who loves me, how could I break such a heart

    G				  D		C		G
Yet still you gained my attention



Chorus:
		    Em		C				G
Why do you come here when you know I've got trouble enough

		    Em	    C				    G
Why do you call me when you know I can't answer the phone

		D		    C
You make me lie and I don't want to

			D				   G
You make someone else some kind of unknowing fool

		D		       C
You make me stay when I should not

		D		    			  G
Are you so strong or is all the weakness in me

		    Em	  C       		   	    G
Why do you come here and pretend to be just passing by

		  D	C	D	G
But I need to see you

		  D	 C	D  G  D  G
And I need to hold you,    tightly


G  Em  C  G


	  G	    D		 Em			     C
Feeling guilty, worried, waking from tormented sleep

     G		D				    C		G
This old love has bound but the new love cuts deep

     G		    D	        Em  		  C
if I choose now, I'll lose out, one of you has to fall

    	     G	  D	 C	G
But I need you, and you.



Repeat chorus


G  Em  C  G