Key: A major•
Verse 1
A
F#
G#m
F#m
E
Looking for a friend,
F#m
E
F#
G#m
F#m
E
D
E
looking every where
F#
G#m
D
E
Walked along the boulevard,
F#m
E
F#
G#m
D
E
Bm
E
F#
the boulevard of friends
E
D
E
All those mild mannered friend
B
E
F#
s I've got
G#m
F#m
They're care less
Verse 2
F#
G#m
All over the place,
E
Bm
E
F#m
all over town
G#m
D
E
I don't want them talking to me
Verse 3
leaving it up to you
B
A
Have to leave it, leave it,
D
A
leave it up to you
Interlude 1
F#
G#m
F#m
E
F#m
E
F#
G#m
F#m
E
Verse 4
F#m
E
F#m
All the buildings are breaking down
E
F#
G#m
F#m
E
Like the whispering in your heart
F#m
G#m
F#m
And it's sordid how
E
F#m
F#
life goes on
G#m
F#m
When I could
Verse 5
F#
G#m
F#m
E
And if you give me half a chance
F#m
E
F#m
G#m
D
E
I'd do it now, I'd do it now,
Verse 6
E
E
F#
G#m
We could give it all up, we could give,
F#m
E
F#m
give, give it all up
oh the newspapers
Verse 7
And the radio, what about the radios?
B
A
They'd be listening to me
D
A
giving it to you
Verse 8
F#m
F#
G#m
F#m
Right mama, damn right
E
mama
F#
G#m
F#m
E
F#m
Verse 9
F#
G#m
E
I hear hissing,
F#m
E
I hear hissing in the distance
F#
C#sus4
F#m
E
I hear the tanks crawling
F#
G#m
They're crawling over the hill,
F#m
E
B
Bm
E
they're crawling over the hill
F#
C#m
F#m
Like rattlesnakes in the deser
E
F#m
t sun
Verse 10
F#
G#m
They're blistering up my spell,
E
F#m
they're blistering it up
E
F#
They're breaking it up,
G#m
A
E
they're breaking up my spell
F#
G#m
F#m
And what else is there,
E
F#m
what else have I got?
E
F#m
G#m
E
What else have I got but that spell?
Verse 11
A
B
Ah, leaving it, leaving it,
A
D
A
I'm leaving it up to you
Leaving it, leaving it,
D
A
leaving it up to you
Leaving it, leaving it, leaving it
in the cloakroom for you
Verse 12
A
I've got to give it up, I've got to give it up,
Bb
A
Bb
Bb
D
Bb
A
A
give it up
Bb
A
Bb
Up, up, give it up I
D
Bb
A
can't take it
Outro 1
A
B
A
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