Verse
Em7 Em11 Csus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
G Gsus2/F# Em7
but here comes the next big thing
Em11 Csus2
you gotta roll your eyes
G Gsus2/F# D
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
slap your knee
D
slap your knee
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
Em7 Em11 Csus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
G Gsus2/F# Em7
everything's quick an mean in this town
Em11 Csus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
G Gsus2/F# D
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
it asks these things
D
always tells you things
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Em7 Em11 Csus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
G Gsus2/F# Em7
and wait till it's hot and loud
Em11 Csus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
G Gsus2/F# D
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
flat and proud
D
flat and proud a yeah
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
flat and proud
[middle section]
Em D Csus2
I said down I stole that cold,
G Gsus2/F# Em
from the backwards engines of love
D Csus2
I said, turn around
G Gsus2/F# Em
give the blackhearts some doubt
Em Csus2
[Wait for it]
Em Csus2
I see god almost
Em Csus2
I see god around
Em Csus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
A7
down under the wind of the fast step
Csus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
G
where hope is a four leaf clover
A7
down there where the wind is all that's it
Csus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
Em7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
Em7 Em11 Csus2
I cannot do what you have asked
G Gsus2/F# Em7
and if you ask me one more time
Em11 Csus2
I swear I'll change my mind
G Gsus2/F# D
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
to be seen
D
to be seen, yea
Csus2 G Gsus2/F#
to be seen
[middle section]
Em Csus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Em Csus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Em Csus2
to be seen (mumbling)
A7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
Csus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
G
bow down to the dick in the doorway
A7
bow down cause he might just let you in
Csus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
G
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
A7
bow down as the fleet is departing
Csus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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