[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)
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
