[Intro - riff is played offbeat ] (Drums in on C#m) [E][C#m] E------------------4-4-- B--9-9-9-9---------5-5-- G--9-9-9-9-----6-6-6-6-- D-11-9-9-9-----7-8-6-6-- A--7-7-7-7-----4-4-4-4-- E----------------------- Dr 1-2-3-4-....1-2-3-4
[E][C#m]again
[Verse - With drums can drop second snare] Lay where you're [E] laying Don't make a sound [E] I know they're [C#m] watching (actually Csus2 is more accurate) They're watching [C#m] All the com [E] motion (full drums) the kiddie [E] like play Has people [C#m] talking Talking [C#m]
[Chorus - Play chorus riff1] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]
[Verse - Semi drums] The dark of the [E] alley The break of the [E] day Head while I'm [C#m] driving I'm driving [C#m] Soft lips are [E] open (full drums) Them knuckles are [E] pale Feels like you're [C#m] dying You're [C#m] dying
[Chorus] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con [E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A]
[Verse - Semi drums] Hot as a [E] fever Rattling [E] bones I could just [C#m] taste it Taste it [C#m] But it's not for [E] ever (full drums) But it's just to [E] night Oh we're still the [C#m] greatest The greatest [C#m] The greatest [C#m]
[Chorus] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........
(just bass drum - just lower chords on 1&) [E] You ..........Your sex is on (guitar riff) [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
(just bass drum - full riff) [E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A]
(full drums in and full riff) And [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A] [E]
[End] [E] 1&
[Riff 1] [E][Cm7][A] E --12--11----11-9---11--11---0------ B 9-----------9--9---10--10---9------ G 9-----------9--9---9---9----9------ D 9-----------9--9---x--------x------ A x------------------0--------0------ E 0-----------9--9-------------------
[Intro - No drums] [G][G] - [G][C] [G][G] - [G][G]
[Verse 1] [G] So at my show on [C] Monday, I was hoping [Am] someday You'd be on your [Bm] way to [C] better [G] things It's not about your [C] make up or how you try to [Am] shape up To these [Bm] tiresome [C] paper [G] dreams. [C] Paper [Am] dreams, honey [Bm][D]
[Verse 2] [G] So now you pour your [C] heart out, you're telling me you're [Am] far out But not about to [Bm] lie down [C] for your [G] cause But you don't [C] pull my strings 'Cause I'm a [Am] better man [Bm] moving on to [D] better [G] things
[Chorus - DRUMS IN] But oh- [D] oh, ooh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way But oh- [C] oh, ooh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day
[Verse 3 - Bring drums down - string slaps for snare] [G] And at the show on [C] Tuesday, she was in her [Am] mindset Tempered [Bm] furs and [C] spangled [G] boots Looks are de [C] ceiving, make me be [Am] lieve it And these [Bm] tiresome [C] paper [G] dreams. [C] Paper [Am] dreams, honey [Bm] . Y [C] eah
[Verse 4] [G] So won't you [C] go far, tell me you're a [Am] keeper Not about to [Bm] lie down [C] for your [G] cause And you don't [C] pull my strings 'Cause I'm a [Am] better man [Bm] moving on to [C] better [G] things
[Chorus - FULL DRUMS] But oh- [D] oh, ooh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way But oh- [C] oh, ooh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day
[Bridge] [Em] Yes, I [D] wish that we never [Bm]made [C]it [G] Through all the summers [Em] And kept them [D]up instead of kicking [Bm]us [C]back [G]down to the suburbs [Em] Yes, I [D] wish that we never [Bm]made [C]it [G] Through all the summers [Em] And kept them [D]up instead of kicking [Bm]us [C]back [G]down to the suburbs
[Chorus] [G] But oh- [D] oh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way (drums back in) But oh- [C] oh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day But oh- [D] oh, ooh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way But oh- [C] oh, ooh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day [End]
