Verse
Bm7 Bm11 Gsus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
D Dsus2/C# Bm7
but here comes the next big thing
Bm11 Gsus2
you gotta roll your eyes
D Dsus2/C# A
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
slap your knee
A
slap your knee
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
Bm7 Bm11 Gsus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
D Dsus2/C# Bm7
everything's quick an mean in this town
Bm11 Gsus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
D Dsus2/C# A
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
it asks these things
A
always tells you things
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Bm7 Bm11 Gsus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
D Dsus2/C# Bm7
and wait till it's hot and loud
Bm11 Gsus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
D Dsus2/C# A
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
flat and proud
A
flat and proud a yeah
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
flat and proud
[middle section]
Bm A Gsus2
I said down I stole that cold,
D Dsus2/C# Bm
from the backwards engines of love
A Gsus2
I said, turn around
D Dsus2/C# Bm
give the blackhearts some doubt
Bm Gsus2
[Wait for it]
Bm Gsus2
I see god almost
Bm Gsus2
I see god around
Bm Gsus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
E7
down under the wind of the fast step
Gsus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
D
where hope is a four leaf clover
E7
down there where the wind is all that's it
Gsus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
Bm7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
Bm7 Bm11 Gsus2
I cannot do what you have asked
D Dsus2/C# Bm7
and if you ask me one more time
Bm11 Gsus2
I swear I'll change my mind
D Dsus2/C# A
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
to be seen
A
to be seen, yea
Gsus2 D Dsus2/C#
to be seen
[middle section]
Bm Gsus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Bm Gsus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Bm Gsus2
to be seen (mumbling)
E7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
Gsus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
D
bow down to the dick in the doorway
E7
bow down cause he might just let you in
Gsus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
D
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
E7
bow down as the fleet is departing
Gsus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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