Verse
G#m7 G#m11 Esus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
B Bsus2/A# G#m7
but here comes the next big thing
G#m11 Esus2
you gotta roll your eyes
B Bsus2/A# F#
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
slap your knee
F#
slap your knee
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
G#m7 G#m11 Esus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
B Bsus2/A# G#m7
everything's quick an mean in this town
G#m11 Esus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
B Bsus2/A# F#
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
it asks these things
F#
always tells you things
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
G#m7 G#m11 Esus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
B Bsus2/A# G#m7
and wait till it's hot and loud
G#m11 Esus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
B Bsus2/A# F#
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
flat and proud
F#
flat and proud a yeah
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
flat and proud
[middle section]
G#m F# Esus2
I said down I stole that cold,
B Bsus2/A# G#m
from the backwards engines of love
F# Esus2
I said, turn around
B Bsus2/A# G#m
give the blackhearts some doubt
G#m Esus2
[Wait for it]
G#m Esus2
I see god almost
G#m Esus2
I see god around
G#m Esus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
C#7
down under the wind of the fast step
Esus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
B
where hope is a four leaf clover
C#7
down there where the wind is all that's it
Esus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
G#m7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
G#m7 G#m11 Esus2
I cannot do what you have asked
B Bsus2/A# G#m7
and if you ask me one more time
G#m11 Esus2
I swear I'll change my mind
B Bsus2/A# F#
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
to be seen
F#
to be seen, yea
Esus2 B Bsus2/A#
to be seen
[middle section]
G#m Esus2
to be seen (mumbling)
G#m Esus2
to be seen (mumbling)
G#m Esus2
to be seen (mumbling)
C#7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
Esus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
B
bow down to the dick in the doorway
C#7
bow down cause he might just let you in
Esus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
B
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
C#7
bow down as the fleet is departing
Esus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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