Nervous Breakdown
The Rolling Stones
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; released on single (with "As
Tears Go By" in the UK and "Sad Day" in the USA as B-sides)
Intro:
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You're the
Verse:
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kind of per - son you meet at cer - tain
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dis - mal dull affairs, Center
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of a crowd, tal - king much too loud run - ning
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up and down the stairs. Well, it
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seems to me that you have seen too much
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in too few years, And
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though you try you just can't hide, your
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eyes are edged with tears. You'd better
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stop, look a-
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round. Here it
Refrain:
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comes, here it
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comes, Here it
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comes, here it
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comes, Here
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comes your nine - teenth ner - vous break- down
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Oh, when you
Verse:
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were a child, you were trea - ted kind, but you
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ne- ver brought up right, And you were
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al - ways spoiled with a thou - sand toys, but
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still you cried at night. Your
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