[Verse 1] Bm/E Sometimes you're better off dead Bm/E There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head Am7 You think you're mad, too unstable Am7 Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables Bm/E In a restaurant in a West End town Bm/E Call the police, there's a madman around Am7 Running down underground Am7 To a dive bar in a West End town
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse 2] Bm/E Too many shadows, whispering voices Bm/E Faces on posters, too many choices Am7 If, when, why, what? Am7 How much have you got? Bm/E Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? Bm/E And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? Am7 (How much do you need?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | West End girls, West End girls
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse] Bm/E You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Bm/E Just you wait 'til I get you home Am7 We've got no future, we've got no past Am7 Here today, built to last Bm/E In every city, in every nation Bm/E From Lake Geneva to the Finland station Am7 (How far have you been?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys, West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E [ D B/D# | Cmaj7 ] West End girls (West End girls
[Outro] D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (How far have you been?) D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (repeat and fade)
[Harmonica in E ready for random solo and Oooohs] [Intro - No Drums] [E][D][A][E]
[Verse] [E] Please allow me to introd [D] uce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste [E] I've been around for a [D] long, long year [A] Stole many a man's soul and [E] faith
[E] And I was 'round when [D] Jesus Christ Had his [A] moment of doubt and [E] pain Made damn sure that [D] Pilate Washed his [A] hands and sealed his [E] fate
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] [E] I stuck around St. [D] Petersburg When I [A] saw it was a time for a [E] change Killed the Czar and his [D] ministers Anas [A] tasia screamed in [E] vain
I [E] rode a tank Held a [D] general's rank When the [A] Blitzkrieg raged And the [E] bodies stank
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] I [E] watched with glee While your [D] kings and queens Fought for [A] ten decades For the [E] Gods they made
I [E] shouted out "Who killed the [D] Kennedys?" When [A] after all It was [E] you and me
[E] Let me please intro [D] duce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste And I laid traps for [D] troubadours Who get [A] killed before they reached Bom [E] bay
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game oh yeah, get down, baby
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[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] Just as [E] every cop is a [D] criminal And [A] all the sinners [E] saints As heads is tails Just call me [D] Lucifer 'Cause I'm in [A] need of some re [E] straint
[E] So if you meet me Have some [D] courtesy Have some [A] sympathy, and some [E] taste Use all your well-learned pol [D] itesse Or I'll [A] lay your soul to [E] waste, um yeah
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
