The Ledge Lyrics

The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
The Ledge (1979)
(Lindsey Buckingham)
From: "Tusk"
The song is in B. I tabbed out two versions here.
1. Original version from the album :
Buckingham tuned down his guitar 5 half steps
from e-B-G-D-A-E
to b-F#-D-A-E-B
2. If you don't want to do that: regular tuning but original key
But that's not the real thing ... and only half the fun!
For both versions: only the lower three strings of every chord are played
(root, fifth and octave).
VERSION 1
(Tuning: b-F#-D-A-E-B)
| E | A | E | A | C#m | F# | E | B |
Countin' on my fingers, countin' on my toes
Slippin' thru your fingers, watchin' how it grows
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
Do you ever wonder, do you ever hate
Six feet under, someone who can wait
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
You're never gonna make it baby
Oooh, I guess you're gonna make me crazy (?)
Oohh, you're never gonna make it babe (Make it babe, make it baby)
Countin' on my fingers, countin' on my toes
Slippin' thru your fingers, watchin' how it grows
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
Buy another fixture, tell another lie
Paint another picture, see who's surprised
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
You're never gonna make it baby
Oooh, I guess you're gonna make me crazy (?)
Oohh, you're never gonna make it babe (Make it babe, make it baby)
SOLO/CODA
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
Someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta
Someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
E B (break) C#m
Someone oughta, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
VERSION 2
(Standard tuning: E-B-G-D-A-E)
| B | E | B | E | Abm | C# | B | F# |
Countin' on my fingers, countin' on my toes
Slippin' thru your fingers, watchin' how it grows
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
Do you ever wonder, do you ever hate
Six feet under, someone who can wait
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
You're never gonna make it baby
Oooh, I guess you're gonna make me crazy (?)
Oohh, you're never gonna make it babe (Make it babe, make it baby)
Countin' on my fingers, countin' on my toes
Slippin' thru your fingers, watchin' how it grows
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
Buy another fixture, tell another lie
Paint another picture, see who's surprised
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
You're never gonna make it baby
Oooh, I guess you're gonna make me crazy (?)
Oohh, you're never gonna make it babe (Make it babe, make it baby)
SOLO/CODA
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about
Someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta
Someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta, someone oughta
You can love me baby but you can't walk out
B F# (break) Abm
Someone oughta, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about