[Intro - BPM 93] [Drums first - 4 bars - 2/4 - slap snare - figure BS xS xS xS] [then Bass + Guitar figure] D -----Am-x-7------F-x-7----------- A ------------------------------ x 2 E 3--5--------3--1-------------- (use thumb to clearly articulate)
[Then just Bass] A --7-5-3-3-----5--3---3--3------ x 2 E 5--------3--1------------3--5--
[Verse 1 - Bass drum just on 1, slap snare] [Am] We move like cagey tig [G] ers Oh, [G] we [F] couldn't get closer than this [G] The [Am] way we walk, the way we talk [G] The [F] way we stalk, the way we kiss [G] We [Am] slip through the streets while everyone sleeps [G] Getting [F] bigger and sleeker and whiter and brighter [G] We [Am] bite and scratch and scream all night [G] Let's [F] go and throw all the songs we know
[Chorus - Strum on all beats] [C] Into the sea, you and me ... All these [Dm] years and no one heard ......I'll [C] show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We [Dm] missed you, hissed the (full drums) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the [G] (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, Bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada) [Am] Lovecats [G][F] (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, Bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada) [G] You're so
[Verse 2 - Back to slap snare but now full bass drum] [Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderful [G] ly [F] pretty ..............Oh, [G] you [Am] know that I'd do anything [G] for [F] you ......We [G] should [Am] have each other to tea, huh? We [G] should [F] have each other with cream [G] Then [Am] curl up [####Stop for scroll - keep bass drum going####] in the fire and sleep for a while It's [G] the [F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream
[Chorus - slap snare] [C] Into the sea, you and me ... All these [Dm] years and no one heard ......I'll [C] show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We [Dm] missed you, hissed the (just bass - just one strum and sustain on each main chord) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the [G] [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the (full drums) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the [G] (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed... [G] You're so
[Verse 3 - Back to slap snare] [Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderful [G] ly [F] pretty ..............Oh, [G] you [Am] know that I'd do anything [G] for [F] you ...We [G] should [Am] have each other to tea, huh? We [G] should [F] have each other with cream [G] Then [Am] curl up in the fire and sleep for a while It's [G] the [F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream
[Bridge - slap snare] [Em] Hand in hand is the only way to land And [F] always the right way round .... Not [Em] broken in pieces like hated little meeces How [F] could we miss someone as dumb as... (Drums and bass only) [Am] This? (how can we miss someone as dumb as) [G] We [F] missed you, hissed the [G] [Am] Lovecats [Fmaj7]
[Refrain - Guitar back in - Full drums] [Am] (Bah da bah bah bah bah ba [G] da, [F] bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada [G] [Am][G][F] I love you, let's go (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada)
Coming into Chorus - don't play whole riff - don't go back to final E7 [BPM 120 - Intro] Capo at 1 for original key but play without
[Verse 1] I was [E7] dreamin' when I [D/E] wrote this For [E7] give me if it goes astray [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] But when I [E7] woke up this [D/E] mornin' Coulda [E7] sworn it was judgment day [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] The [E7] sky was all [D/E] purple, There were [E7] people runnin' everywhere [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] Tryin' 2 [E7] run from the [D/E] destruction, U know I didn't [E7] even care [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 1 - intro riff at end of each line] say say two [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party [C#m7] over, Oops out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999 [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Verse 2] I was [E7] dreamin' when I [D/E] wrote this So [E7] sue me if I go 2 fast [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] But [E7] life is just a [D/E] party, and [E7] parties weren't meant 2 last [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] [E7] War is all a [D/E] round us, my [E7] mind says prepare 2 fight [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [E7] if I gotta [D/E] die I'm gonna [E7] listen 2 my body tonight [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 2 intro riff at end of each line] Yeah they say two [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999 [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Verse 3] Lemme tell ya somethin' If U [E7] didn't come 2 party, [D/E] Don't [E7] bother knockin' on my door [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] I got a [E7] lion in my pocket, [D/E] And [E7] baby he's ready 2 roar [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] Yeah, every [E7] body's got a bomb [D/E] We [E7] could all die any day [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] But b [E7] efore I'll let that happen, [D/E] I'll [E7] dance my life away [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 3 intro riff at end of each line] Yeah they say two [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999 [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 4 intro riff at end of each line] Yeah they say two thousand zero [Amaj7] zero party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So tonight [Amaj7] I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999p [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
Yeah, 1999 (1999) [E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999) [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] [E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999) [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
