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[Verse] (CHEAT RIFF - JUST PLAY POWERCHORDS AND THEN THAT PHRASE 7 TO 9 ON G STRING) [Em] Can't stop addicted to the shindig [D] Chop top he says I'm gonna win big [Bm] Choose not a life of imitation [C] Distant cousin to the reservation
[Em] Defunct the pistol that you pay for [D] This punk the feeling that you stay for [Bm] In time I want to be your best friend [C] Eastside love is living on the westend
[Em] Knocked out but boy you better come to [D] Don't die you know the truth as some do [Bm] Go write your message on the pavement [C] Burn so bright I wonder what the wave meant
[Em] White heat is screaming in the jungle [D] Complete the motion if you stumble [Bm] Go ask the dust for any answers [C] Come back strong with 50 belly dancers
[Chorus] The [G] world I love The [D] tears I've dropped To [Bm] be part of the [C] wave can't stop [G] Ever wonder [D] if it's [Bm] all for [C] you The [G] world I love The [D] trains I hop To [Bm] be part of The [C] wave can't stop [G] Come and tell me when [D] it's [Bm] time [C] to
[Verse] [Em] Sweetheart is bleeding in the snowcone [D] So smart she's leading me to ozone [Bm] Music the great communicator [C] Use two sticks to make it in the nature
[Em] I'll get you into penetration [D] The gender of a generation [Bm] The birth of every other nation [C] Worth your weight the gold of meditation
[Em] This chapter's going to be a close one [D] Smoke rings I know you're going to blow one [Bm] All on a spaceship persevering [C] Use my hands for everything but steering
[Em] Can't stop the spirits when they need you [D] Mop tops are happy when they feed you [Bm] Jay butterfly is in the treetop [C] Birds that blow the meaning into bebop
[Chorus] The [G] world I love The [D] tears I've dropped To [Bm] be part of the [C] wave can't stop [G] Ever wonder [D] if it's [Bm] all for [C] you The [G] world I love The [D] trains I hop To [Bm] be part of The [C] wave can't stop [G] Come and tell me when [D] it's [Bm] time [C] to
[Interlude] [Em] Wait a minute I'm [D] Passing out, win or [Bm] Lose, just like [C] you [Em] Far more shockin' than any [D] thing I ever [Bm] knew, how 'bout [C] you [Em] Ten more reasons [D] why I need somebody [Bm] new, just like [C] you [Em] Far more shockin' than any [D] thing I ever [Bm] knew, right on [C] cue
[Verse] [Em] Can't stop addicted to the shindig [D] Chop top he says I'm gonna win big [Bm] Choose not a life of imitation [C] Distant cousin to the reservation
[Em] Defunct the pistol that you pay for [D] This punk the feeling that you stay for [Bm] In time I want to be your best friend [C] Eastside love is living on the westend
[Em] Knocked out but boy you better come to [D] Don't die you know the truth as some do [Bm] Go write your message on the pavement [C] Burn so bright I wonder what the wave meant
[Em] Kick start the golden generator [D] Sweet talk but don't intimidate her [Bm] Can't stop the Gods from engineering [C] Feel no need for any interfering
[Em] Your image in the dictionary [D] This life is more than ordinary [Bm] Can I get 2 maybe even 3 of these [C] Comin' from space to teach you of the Pliedes
[N.C.] Can't stop the spirits when they need you [N.C.] This life is more than just a read-thru P
[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
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