Nothing Compares 2 U

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Words and Music by Prince
Performed by Sinead O'Connor


 3     4    -4    5     5
It's  been  se - ven  hours
-4     4    -4    3   
And  fift - een  days
  3    3   3    3    3   3 -2 
Since you took your love a-way
4 4   4  -4  5   5    -4   4   -4  -3b  
I go out ev-ry night and sleep all day
  2    2    3   3    3   3  -2
Since you took your love a-way
  4     3    -3b   4
Since you've been gone
4  3  4   4   -4 -4 5  5 
I can do what ev-er I want
3  3   3   3   3  4  4   4
I can see whom ev-er I choose
3  3   -3 -3  -3  3 -3b 3
I can eat my din-ner in a 
4  4   -4   5   5     -3b  4  4
Fancy rest-aur-ent-- But nothing
3  -3b  4   4   -3b  4   4 -4   -4    -4       
I said nothing, can take a-way these blues
   4     5    5   -4      4 
'Cause  noth-ing  com - pares
 5      5   -4    4      5   -4  
Noth - ing  com-pares -- to you

 3     4  -4   5  -4  -4   4   -4  -3  
It's been so lone-ly with out you here
 3   3   3   3   3   3  -2
Like a bird with-out a song
 2    -2  3  2 
Aah ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 5   5   -4   5    -4   5   -4
Nothing can stop these lone-ly
  5    -4   -4   5 
Tears from fall-ing
 5   -4  4 -4 
Tell me ba-by
  5    -4  4  -4   -4
Where did  I  go wrong ?
3   3    5  5   5   5  -4
I could put my arms a-round
5  -4  4  -4 4
Ev-ry boy I see
 3     3   3  3  3  3  4  4   4
But they'd only remind me of you
2    -2  3  2
Aah ~~~~~~~~~~~~
3   5  -4  4   5  -4 
I went to the doc-tor
 4    5    -4  4   4   -4 
And guess what he told me
  5    -4  4    4  -4 
GUESS what he told me
4   4     5    5  -4   4   5  5   -4   4    
He said, girl you bet-ter try to have fun
  5    5  5    4  -4  -4   4   5   -4  -4 
Don't matter what you do, but hes's a fool
   4     5    5    5      2 
'Cause  noth-ing  com - pares
  5     7    -4  -4       5  -4
Noth - ing  com-pares -- to you
  7     5    5   -4
Noth - ing  com-pares
 5      7    -4   -4     5   -4
Noth - ing  com-pares -- to you

Last Verse
All the flowers that you planted mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby
Was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try

Nothing compares to you etc.... To fade

Listen to the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR44kdfUkkc

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