[Intro 1] [G][D][C9][C9] x 2 [Rhythm - Cs are Cadd9 and final D is Dsus4 - run on C9 at end is B string 33 10] GGGG-Gxxx DDDD-DDxx CCCC-CxCC CCxx-CCxx B S B S B S B S V V V V VV V V V V V VV V (Vocal line hits)
[Verse 1 - Light with chords - not staccato] I'm packed and I'm [G] holding, I'm smiling, she l [D] iving, she [Dsus4] golden, she [C] lives for me, says she lives for me Ov [G] ation, her o [D] wn motiv [Dsus4] ation [C] She comes around and she goes down on [G] me And I make her s [D] mile like a [Dsus4] drug for you [C] Do ever what you want to do Coming over [G] you Keep on smi [D] ling what we go [Dsus4] through [C] One stop to the rhythm that divides you
[Pre-Chorus - more riffy] [G] And I speak to yo [D] u like th [Dsus4] e chorus to the v [C] erse Chop another line like a coda with a [G] curse Come on like a [D] freak show [Dsus4] takes the [C] stage We give them the games we play she said
[Chorus 1 - Full staccato riff - sits well with vocals] [G] I want [D] somet [Dsus4] hing e [C] lse To get me through this [G] S [D] emi-charmed kin [Dsus4] d of l [C] ife baby, baby [G] I want [D] some [Dsus4] thing [C] else I'm not listening when you s [G] ay [D] go [Dsus4] od~~~b [C] ye
[Verse 2 - Light with chords] The sky it was [G] gold, it was rose I was [D] taking sips [Dsus4] of it through my [C] nose And I wish I could get back there Some place [G] back there, smiling in the [D] pictures you would [Dsus4] take [C] Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break It won't s [G] top I won't come [D] down I keep [Dsus4] stock with a [C] tick-tock rhythm, a bump for the drop And then I [G] bumped up, I took the [D] hit that I was [Dsus4] given Then I [C] bumped again, then I bumped again, said
[Pre-Chorus] [D] How do I get b [C] ack there to The [D] place where I fell asl [C] eep inside you? H [D] ow do I get mys [C] elf back to (drums follow vocals) The [D] place where you said
[Chorus 1 - Full staccato riff] [G] I want [D] somet [Dsus4] hing e [C] lse To get me through this [G][D] Semi-charmed ki [Dsus4] nd of [C] life baby, baby [G] I want [D] some [Dsus4] thing [C] else, I'm not listening when you [G] say [D] g [Dsus4] ood~~~ [C] bye
[Verse 3] (soft acoustic) [G] I believe in the [D] sand beneath my [C] toes The beach gives a feeling, an earthy [G] feeling I be [D] lieve in the faith that g [C] rows And the four right chords can (fuller drums and riff) [G] make me cry [D][Dsus4] [C] When I'm with you I feel like I could [G] die And that would be [D] alri [Dsus4] ght, al [C] right
[Bridge] And when the pl [D] ane came in she s [C] aid she was crashing [D] The velvet it [C] rips in the city we tr [D] ipped On the urge to f [C] eel alive But n [G] ow I'm struggling to survive [G] Those d [D] ays you were wearing that [C] velvet dress Y [D] ou're the priestess I m [C] ust confess Those [D] little red panties they [C] pass the test Slide [G] (drums stop) up around the belly face down on the mattress
(not sure about this bit) [G] One, [D] And you [C] hold me [C] And we're [G] broken. [D] Still it's all [C] that I want to do. Just a little now
[G] Feel myself a [Dsus4] head made of the [C] ground, I'm scared but [C] I'm not coming [G] down [Dsus4] no [C]no And [C]I won't run for [G] my life, [Dsus4] She's [C] got her jaws now [C] locked down her in [G] smile but nothing is all [Dsus4] right, [C] All right,
[Chorus 2 - Light drums and snare from muted strike on strings] [G] I want [Dsus4] something [C] else To get me [G] through this [Dsus4] [C] life, baby [G] I want [Dsus4] something [C] else Not listening [G] when you [Dsus4] say (drums back in) goo [C] dbye [G/B][Am] good [C] by [G/B] e [Am] good [C] by [G/B] e [Am] goodbye..... [G][D][Dsus4][C] [G][D][Dsus4][C]
[Outro] The sky it was [G] gold, it was rose I was [D] taking sips [Dsus4] of it through my [C] nose And I wish I could get back there someplace [G] back there in the [D] place you [Dsus4] used to (drum emphasise vocal) [C] start ... aaa ... aaa ... aaart
[Kenny] [C] Baby when I met you there was [C6-x3555] peace un [C] known I set out to get you with a [C6] fine tooth [C7] comb. I was [F] soft inside there was something going [C] on. [C][F\C]
(Both) [C] You do something to me that I [C6] can't ex [C] plain Hold me closer and I [C6] feel no [C7] pain every [F] beat of my heart .. We got something going [C] on.
(Kenny) Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind .. It requires a dedi [F]cation.
(Both) [Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation.
[Chorus] We [C] ride it together uh huh Making love with each other uh huh.
[C] Islands in the stream [C6] That is what we [F] are No one in be [Dm] tween how can we [Dm7] be wrong? Sail a [C] way with me [C6] to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other uh huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh.
[########## KEY CHANGE ############] (Dolly) [Ab] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [Db] walk in the night [Db] Slowly losing sight of the [Ab] real thing.
(Both) But [Ab] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [Db] messages is clear [Db] This could be the year of the [Ab] real thing.
(Dolly) [Ab] No more will you [Dbmaj7] cry baby I will hurt you [Db] never.
(Both) We [Dbm] start and end as one in love forever We can [Ab] ride it together [Db] uh [Ab] huh Making love with each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh.
[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one [Bbm] in between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Bbm] lover to another uh [Ab] huh
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[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one [Bbm] in between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Db] lover to another uh [Ab] huh.
[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one in [Bbm] between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Bbm] lover to another uh [Ab] huh. . . .
