Verse
Dm7 Dm11 A#sus2
walkin past a sea of temps I’ve known
F Fsus2/E Dm7
but here comes the next big thing
Dm11 A#sus2
you gotta roll your eyes
F Fsus2/E C
yeah you gotta slap your knee
[Chorus]
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
slap your knee
C
slap your knee
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
slap your knee
[Verse 2]
Dm7 Dm11 A#sus2
but you know, but you know what I mean when I say
F Fsus2/E Dm7
everything's quick an mean in this town
Dm11 A#sus2
like a hotshot blast from the night
F Fsus2/E C
and it asks no it tells you these things
[Chorus]
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
it asks these things
C
always tells you things
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
it asks these things
[verse instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Dm7 Dm11 A#sus2
put your ear, put your ear down to the rail
F Fsus2/E Dm7
and wait till it's hot and loud
Dm11 A#sus2
like a nickel you'll be staying right there
F Fsus2/E C
you'll be staying real flat and proud
[Chorus]
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
flat and proud
C
flat and proud a yeah
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
flat and proud
[middle section]
Dm C A#sus2
I said down I stole that cold,
F Fsus2/E Dm
from the backwards engines of love
C A#sus2
I said, turn around
F Fsus2/E Dm
give the blackhearts some doubt
Dm A#sus2
[Wait for it]
Dm A#sus2
I see god almost
Dm A#sus2
I see god around
Dm A#sus2
I see god I heard her thumbin she got no sense of rhythm
G7
down under the wind of the fast step
A#sus2
they put around till the Charleston bump and hit
F
where hope is a four leaf clover
G7
down there where the wind is all that's it
A#sus2
hold still where the dream is a servant
Dm7
what once was sunk can may be found
[Verse 3]
Dm7 Dm11 A#sus2
I cannot do what you have asked
F Fsus2/E Dm7
and if you ask me one more time
Dm11 A#sus2
I swear I'll change my mind
F Fsus2/E C
to blind, to blind to be seen
[Chorus]
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
to be seen
C
to be seen, yea
A#sus2 F Fsus2/E
to be seen
[middle section]
Dm A#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Dm A#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
Dm A#sus2
to be seen (mumbling)
G7
don't matter the laugh of the sad eyes
A#sus2
when the heart of a man can dance and spin
F
bow down to the dick in the doorway
G7
bow down cause he might just let you in
A#sus2
bow down to this breakfast without her
F
she'll be there sharp at nine but it's half past ten
G7
bow down as the fleet is departing
A#sus2
she sees you you see her both with that stupid assed grin.
[Outro]
C