Hiss On The Tape chords by
John Martyn
John Martyn
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Key: C minor
Intro 1
Am
Am

Verse 1
Am
Am

Hiss on the tape
D
D

G
G

Am
Am

She's just a hiss on the tape.
C
C

Am
Am

Verse 2
D
D

C
C

Am
Am

Em
Em

She's just a hiss on the tape
Am
Am

Em
Em

Am
Am

Her head's so dirty
Em
Em

G
G

Am
Am

She's a girl on the make
Em
Em

Am
Am

She could be fifteen or thirty
D
D

Am
Am

Got to give her a break
Em
Em

Am
Am

G
G

Her sensitivities glisten
Am
Am

She's had all she can take
Em
Em

C
C

Still the tape keeps hissing.
Verse 3
D
D

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

You can ask her the question
F
F

Am
Am

Gsus4
Gsus4

Ah she'll tell you the lie
G
G

F
F

Am
Am

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

They're too many to mention
F
F

E
E

Gsus4
Gsus4

Too many wondering why
Verse 4
Am
Am

She's just a hiss on the tape
D
D

Em
Em

D
D

She's just a hiss on the tape
Em
Em

G
G

Am
Am

Em
Em

She's just a hiss on the tape
C
C

Am
Am

She's just a hiss on
D
D

Em
Em

C
C

the tape.
Verse 5
C
C

Am
Am

Em
Em

She's a ball in the air
C
C

Emotional token
G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Just one of a pair
D
D

Til her bond gets broken
G
G

Am
Am

Em
Em

There's a point in the line
Am
Am

Her mind starts doubting
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G

Am
Am

Just a dot on the card
Em
Em

Am
Am

D
D

All done bar the shouting.
Verse 6
D
D

Am
Am

Gsus4
Gsus4

F
F

Ask her the question
F#dim
F#dim

G
G

She'll keep telling the
Gsus4
Gsus4

F
F

lie
E
E

Gsus4
Gsus4

F
F

They're too many to mention
Am
Am

Gsus4
Gsus4

Too many wondering why.
Verse 7
Am
Am

D
D

Em
Em

She's just a hiss on the tape
C
C

D
D

She's a hiss on the tape
Am
Am

C
C

Am
Am

Em
Em

She's a hiss on the tape
Am
Am

C
C

Am
Am

D
D

She's a hiss on the tape.
Interlude 1
D
D

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

Em
Em

F#dim
F#dim

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

D
D

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

F#sus4
F#sus4

Gsus4
Gsus4

C
C

Am
Am

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

F
F

G
G

Verse 8
Am
Am

Em
Em

Hiss on the tape
Am
Am

D
D

She's just a hiss on the tape
Am
Am

G
G

Am
Am

Oh she's just a hiss on the tape
D
D

Em
Em

She's just a hiss.
G
G

There's a
Verse 9
Am
Am

crack in her mind
D
D

Em
Em

Am
Am

There's a fault in her logic
She's fallen behind
D
D

She knows she just can't dodge it
Am
Am

Like the snap of the trap
D
D

She closes up so tightly
Am
Am

She cut out all the rap
D
D

She just plays twice nightly.
Verse 10
D
D

Am
Am

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

Ask her the question
C
C

Am
Am

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

She'll keep telling the lie
C
C

G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

C
C

They're too many to mention
Am
Am

G
G

C
C

Too many won dering why.
Verse 11
Am
Am

G
G

Oh She's going out with a friend
D
D

Em
Em

C
C

She's in a strange good hu mour
Am
Am

She got no time to spend
D
D

Em
Em

D
D

Am
Am

She's just the start of the rumour
G
G

Am
Am

G
G

Just a silky suggestion
D
D

Em
Em

Am
Am

A sliver of thigh
D
D

It's out of the question
G
G

Give the slightest of sighs.
Am
Am

C
C

She's just a
Verse 12
Am
Am

G
G

hiss on the tape
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

She's just a hiss on the tape
D
D

Am
Am

She's just a girl on the make
D
D

Am
Am

Em
Em

She's just a hiss on the tape.
C
C

G
G

She's just a
Verse 13
Am
Am

hiss on the tape
D
D

She's just a hiss on the tape
Am
Am

She's just a hiss
She's just a hiss on the tape
Am
Am

Am
Am

She's just a hiss

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