Verse
Fm7 Fm11 C#sus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
G# G#sus2/G Fm7
but here comes the next big thing
Fm11 C#sus2
you gotta roll your eyes
G# G#sus2/G D#
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
slap your knee
D#
slap your knee
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
Fm7 Fm11 C#sus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
G# G#sus2/G Fm7
everything's quick an mean in this town
Fm11 C#sus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
G# G#sus2/G D#
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
it asks these things
D#
always tells you things
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Fm7 Fm11 C#sus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
G# G#sus2/G Fm7
and wait till it's hot and loud
Fm11 C#sus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
G# G#sus2/G D#
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
flat and proud
D#
flat and proud a yeah
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
flat and proud
[middle section]
Fm D# C#sus2
I said down I stole that cold,
G# G#sus2/G Fm
from the backwards engines of love
D# C#sus2
I said, turn around
G# G#sus2/G Fm
give the blackhearts some doubt
Fm C#sus2
[Wait for it]
Fm C#sus2
I see god almost
Fm C#sus2
I see god around
Fm C#sus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
A#7
down under the wind of the fast step
C#sus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
G#
where hope is a four leaf clover
A#7
down there where the wind is all that's it
C#sus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
Fm7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
Fm7 Fm11 C#sus2
I cannot do what you have asked
G# G#sus2/G Fm7
and if you ask me one more time
Fm11 C#sus2
I swear I'll change my mind
G# G#sus2/G D#
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
to be seen
D#
to be seen, yea
C#sus2 G# G#sus2/G
to be seen
[middle section]
Fm C#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Fm C#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Fm C#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
A#7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
C#sus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
G#
bow down to the dick in the doorway
A#7
bow down cause he might just let you in
C#sus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
G#
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
A#7
bow down as the fleet is departing
C#sus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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