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On the second G in the D G G D progression, it sounds like he does a little
descending walk on the bass note from G->F#->E and then on to the next D chord.

D: xx0232
G: 320033
A: x02220

Intro: D G G D (twice)

D                          G
Outside the opera house in Sydney
G                                  D
I saw my life come crashing to its end
D                        G
I cried out to the scale-tipper
G                         D
On whom all living things depend
D                         G    
Sweet strains of Giuseppe Verdi
G                    D
Suffused the evening air
D                                           G
I wished, I wished, I wished that god would kill me
G                              A
Instead of leaving me alone to see you standing there
G         A
Before me
                           D  G
That sad look on your face
G
You took me to so many places I never thought I'd go
A            D            G G D D G G D
That was the worst place
D                       G
Yeah we did our manners proud
G                        D
On the night we said goodbye
D                             G
No big scene out there on the sidewalk
G                                    A
As we pinpointed the place where all good things go to die
D                                G
I know you hate it when I get my headaches
G                           D
Well, I've got a real gem tonight
D                         G
Listening to Katia Ricciarelli
G                      A
It's not going to be alright
G                                                    A
And I'd like to think that this will pass, this will pass
D                   G
I know it's not the case
G
Of all the highs and lows and middle-ends you've brought me to
A           D           G G D D G G D D G G D D G G D
This is the worst place