Verse
D#m7 D#m11 Bsus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
F# F#sus2/F D#m7
but here comes the next big thing
D#m11 Bsus2
you gotta roll your eyes
F# F#sus2/F C#
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
slap your knee
C#
slap your knee
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
D#m7 D#m11 Bsus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
F# F#sus2/F D#m7
everything's quick an mean in this town
D#m11 Bsus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
F# F#sus2/F C#
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
it asks these things
C#
always tells you things
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
D#m7 D#m11 Bsus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
F# F#sus2/F D#m7
and wait till it's hot and loud
D#m11 Bsus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
F# F#sus2/F C#
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
flat and proud
C#
flat and proud a yeah
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
flat and proud
[middle section]
D#m C# Bsus2
I said down I stole that cold,
F# F#sus2/F D#m
from the backwards engines of love
C# Bsus2
I said, turn around
F# F#sus2/F D#m
give the blackhearts some doubt
D#m Bsus2
[Wait for it]
D#m Bsus2
I see god almost
D#m Bsus2
I see god around
D#m Bsus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
G#7
down under the wind of the fast step
Bsus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
F#
where hope is a four leaf clover
G#7
down there where the wind is all that's it
Bsus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
D#m7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
D#m7 D#m11 Bsus2
I cannot do what you have asked
F# F#sus2/F D#m7
and if you ask me one more time
D#m11 Bsus2
I swear I'll change my mind
F# F#sus2/F C#
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
to be seen
C#
to be seen, yea
Bsus2 F# F#sus2/F
to be seen
[middle section]
D#m Bsus2
to be seen (mumbling)
D#m Bsus2
to be seen (mumbling)
D#m Bsus2
to be seen (mumbling)
G#7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
Bsus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
F#
bow down to the dick in the doorway
G#7
bow down cause he might just let you in
Bsus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
F#
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
G#7
bow down as the fleet is departing
Bsus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
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