Rhythm Of Life  


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(NC)     Em                   C              Em                   C
     I'm    nowhere that I've ever been, I'm    no-one, I can't remember me
          A                       D
Make it all go, you're showing me heaven
     Eb             Em              C
Your door is always closed like the church doors are
Em                                C                                     A
   When you need a little Jesus, ooh, outside his business hours, you know
        D             Eb
Where were you when I needed you to

Am                 C                 G                          F
Hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me?
              Am                 C                 G                         F 
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now)   it's like the rhythm of life to me
              Am                 C                 G                          F
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me
              Am                 C                 G               F       Em
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now)   the rhythm of life to me

      C                                   Em
How I long to take some comfort from your arms
       C               A           D          Eb         Em
I am denied, I never relied on the comfort or charity of strangers
             C                       Em               C
Hear all the low, lonely lullabies I love dearer than life
                A                     D          Eb
The warmth of a friend that I could depend on to listen to me and

Am                 C                 G                          F
Hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me
              Am                 C                 G                         F 
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now)   it's like the rhythm of life to me
              Am                 C                 G                          F
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me
              Am                 C                 G                    F
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now)   it's the rhythm of life

Gm                          Bb
What would they find in the ashes then?
  A              Ab                Gm            Bb                A                 Ab
A paper doll who thought she was a dancer (was a dancer, she was a dancer, she was a dancer)
Gm              Bb               A
Fusing with the molten grey of a soldier of tin
    Ab             Gm              Bb       A    Ab
Who happened once along her way? (along her way)
  
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Am                 C                 G                          F
Hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me
              Am                 C                 G                         F 
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now)   it's like the rhythm of life to me
              Am                 C                 G                          F
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me
              Am                 C                 G               F    A
You've got to hold (hold on now) me, (hold on now)   the rhythm of life