Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
It`s started to come to me
F
C
Your new career would
G
C
probably end like this
All that professional lipstick pressed
C
F
C
Farewell to the studied lines and carefully
broken hearts
The overpowering perfume and
F
C
the glimpse of her garter
G
C
Mingling with the sweet smoldering
C
G
F
Well it`s starting to come to me (come to me,
Verse 2
C
So you began to recognize the
F
G
C
well- dressed man that everybody loves
It started when you chopped off all the
C
F
Then you cut a hole out where the
C
F
C
love light used to shine
Your tears of pleasure equal
F
Em
measure crocodile and brine
C
G
You try to laugh it off saying
C
F
"I knew all the time...
G
F
But it`s starting to come to me" (come to me,
Verse 3
You say you may reward him if he
They are much too precious
D
G
F
G
weren't so busy digging up the gold
Verse 4
he wanted you `cause
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G
C
you almost taste it on his breath
But you always cheated life just like the
F
C
G
C
study finally got what you deserve
In private she`s seductive but in public she`s prim,
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F
porcelain and nervous
C
F
Afraid someone will recognize
Em
F
C
the shame in her eyes
You've still got your dignity or
F
C
the next best disguise
G
C
You never know when to say no
C
G
F
But it`s starting to come to me (come to me,
C
G
come to me)
G
C
G
C
Starting to come to me
Outro 1
C
F
C
G
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Em D
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