BPM 174 - Just drums at beginning x 2 - then slidey riff x 2 with D A at end of final run A - 7--- E - 4/5 [Start with D to A keyb riff - Verse- LONGER THAN YOU THINK TO FIRST D]
[Verse 1] B [A] een working so hard , [D][A] I'm punching my card, [D][A] eight hours, for what? [D][A] Oh, tell me what I got... [D] I got this feelin that times just a holdin me d [A] own, i [D] 'll hit the ceiling...or else [D#(X67XXX)] i'll tear up this town........ [E][E/F#][E/G#][(stop)]
Tonight I gotta [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A ] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
2 x slidey riff - then back in with D A key riff
[Verse] Y [A] ou're playing so cool, [D][A] Obeying every rule, [D][A] Dig way down in your heart [D][A] You're yearning, burning fo [D] r some, somebody to tell you, that life ain't passing [A] you by (no slidey riff) I [D] 'm trying to te [D#] ll [D] you, It will if you don't even try [E][E/F#][E/G#]
You can fly if you'd only [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Ooh-wee, [D] Ma [A] rie [D] Shake it, shake it for [A] me [A] Whoa, [D] Mi [A] lo C [D] 'mon C'mon Lets [A] Go [A] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
[A] First, we got to turn you around [D][A] Second, you put your feet on the ground [D][A] Third, now take a hold of your soul [E][E/G#][E/B - 7th fret barre] [Don't hold as long as record - just hold E/B for 1 bar then stop - then back in]
Im turning it loose [Chorus] No 'loose' come in on the D to A riff and 'foot loose' -- [D + snare] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose [Stop] [Ignore original ending]
[Intro - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
