Verse
Gm7 Gm11 D#sus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
A# A#sus2/A Gm7
but here comes the next big thing
Gm11 D#sus2
you gotta roll your eyes
A# A#sus2/A F
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
slap your knee
F
slap your knee
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
Gm7 Gm11 D#sus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
A# A#sus2/A Gm7
everything's quick an mean in this town
Gm11 D#sus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
A# A#sus2/A F
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
it asks these things
F
always tells you things
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Gm7 Gm11 D#sus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
A# A#sus2/A Gm7
and wait till it's hot and loud
Gm11 D#sus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
A# A#sus2/A F
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
flat and proud
F
flat and proud a yeah
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
flat and proud
[middle section]
Gm F D#sus2
I said down I stole that cold,
A# A#sus2/A Gm
from the backwards engines of love
F D#sus2
I said, turn around
A# A#sus2/A Gm
give the blackhearts some doubt
Gm D#sus2
[Wait for it]
Gm D#sus2
I see god almost
Gm D#sus2
I see god around
Gm D#sus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
C7
down under the wind of the fast step
D#sus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
A#
where hope is a four leaf clover
C7
down there where the wind is all that's it
D#sus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
Gm7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
Gm7 Gm11 D#sus2
I cannot do what you have asked
A# A#sus2/A Gm7
and if you ask me one more time
Gm11 D#sus2
I swear I'll change my mind
A# A#sus2/A F
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
to be seen
F
to be seen, yea
D#sus2 A# A#sus2/A
to be seen
[middle section]
Gm D#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Gm D#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Gm D#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
C7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
D#sus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
A#
bow down to the dick in the doorway
C7
bow down cause he might just let you in
D#sus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
A#
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
C7
bow down as the fleet is departing
D#sus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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