Intro
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[Verse 1]
Bm E7
Your old lover's lying in the gutter
Bm E7
He used to be such an all night strutter
G#m E
"Oh, my heart," I heard him mutter
G#m D#m
"Oh, my dear, it seems to flutter"
D#m C#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Verse 2]
Bm E7
It's so hard to say "No"
Bm E7
When the deck is stacked to only go slow
G#m E
It's easy sweet to live it up
G#m D#m
An easy street when you've had enough
D#m C#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
C# B Bsus
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Interlude]
E F#
Darkened night, splashing light
B G#m
Soft and white and so polite
E F#
Let him in, beneath the rim
B G#m
Beneath the skin, your next of kin
E F#
Cleansing fire, funeral pyre
B G#m
Broken wire grown inside her
E F#
Secret hush, swollen rush
B G#m E G#m E
It's soft and plush. It's so plush
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
Bm E7
You know it's so passé
Bm E7
to sleep without you every day
G#m E
So easy to do your stuff
G#m D#m
So easy to live it up
D#m C#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa. Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa
[Outro]
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