[Intro - BPM 120] [Verse 1] [F#m] Ticking away the moments that make up a [A] dull day [E] Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand [F#m] way [F#m] Kicking around on a piece of ground in your [A] hometown [E] Waiting for someone or something to show you the [F#m] way
[Chorus] [Dmaj7] Tired of lying in the sunshine, [Amaj7] staying home to watch the rain [Dmaj7] You are young and life is long, and [Amaj7] there is time to kill today [Dmaj7] And then one day you find, [C#m7] ten years have got behind you [Bm7] No one told you when to run .. (run - low E - 4 2 0) [E] You missed the starting gun
[Guitar Solo] [F#m][A][E][F#m] x 4 [Dmaj7][Amaj7][Dmaj7][Amaj7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7][E]
[Verse 2] And you [F#m] run and you run to catch up with the Sun, but it's [A] sinking; [E] Racing around to come up behind you ag [F#m] ain The [F#m] Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're [A] older, [E] shorter of breath, and one day closer to [F#m] death.
[Dmaj7] Every year is getting shorter, [Amaj7] never seem to find the time. [Dmaj7] Plans that either come to naught, or [Amaj7] half a page of scribbled lines. [Dmaj7] Hanging on in quiet desper [C#m7] ation is the English way. The [Bm] time is gone, the song is over. [Bm7] Thought I'd something [F] more to say.
Emadd9 (022002) A Emadd9 A
[Verse 3] [Em7] Home, home ag [A] ain [Em7] I like to be here when I [A] can [Em7] When I come home, cold and [A] tired [Em7] It's good to warm my bones beside the [A] fire [Cmaj7] Far away, across the field [Bm7] Tolling on the iron bell [Fmaj7] Calls the faithful to their knees [G] To hear the softly [D7#9 - Hendrix chord - X5456] spoken [D7b9 - x54545 - move little finger to high E string and barre] magic [Bm] spell
[Intro - Just bass drum] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] Have you heard a- [D] bout the new dance [C] craze? [Am7] Listen to us, I'm [D] sure you'll be a- [C] mazed [Am7] Big fun to be [D] had by every- [C] one [Am7] It's up to you, it [D] surely can be [C] done [Am7] Young and old are [D] doing it, I'm [C] told [Am7] Just one try, and [D] you too will be [C] sold [Am7] It's called Le Freak! They're [D] doing it night and [C] day [Am7] Allow us, we'll [D] show you the way
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we're free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Solo - Full drums] [Am7] Now freak! -- [D] ------ [Am7] -------- [D] ------- [Am7] ---------- [D] ------- [Am7] ----------------- [D] ----- I said [Am7] freak!---- [D] -------- [Am7] -------- [D] ------------------------------------------ [Am7] Now freak!----- [D] ---------- [Am7] ------------ [D] -----------------------------------
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums?] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Outro] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
