Verse
A#m7 A#m11 F#sus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
C# C#sus2/C A#m7
but here comes the next big thing
A#m11 F#sus2
you gotta roll your eyes
C# C#sus2/C G#
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
slap your knee
G#
slap your knee
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
A#m7 A#m11 F#sus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
C# C#sus2/C A#m7
everything's quick an mean in this town
A#m11 F#sus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
C# C#sus2/C G#
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
it asks these things
G#
always tells you things
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
A#m7 A#m11 F#sus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
C# C#sus2/C A#m7
and wait till it's hot and loud
A#m11 F#sus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
C# C#sus2/C G#
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
flat and proud
G#
flat and proud a yeah
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
flat and proud
[middle section]
A#m G# F#sus2
I said down I stole that cold,
C# C#sus2/C A#m
from the backwards engines of love
G# F#sus2
I said, turn around
C# C#sus2/C A#m
give the blackhearts some doubt
A#m F#sus2
[Wait for it]
A#m F#sus2
I see god almost
A#m F#sus2
I see god around
A#m F#sus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
D#7
down under the wind of the fast step
F#sus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
C#
where hope is a four leaf clover
D#7
down there where the wind is all that's it
F#sus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
A#m7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
A#m7 A#m11 F#sus2
I cannot do what you have asked
C# C#sus2/C A#m7
and if you ask me one more time
A#m11 F#sus2
I swear I'll change my mind
C# C#sus2/C G#
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
to be seen
G#
to be seen, yea
F#sus2 C# C#sus2/C
to be seen
[middle section]
A#m F#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
A#m F#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
A#m F#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
D#7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
F#sus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
C#
bow down to the dick in the doorway
D#7
bow down cause he might just let you in
F#sus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
C#
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
D#7
bow down as the fleet is departing
F#sus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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