Key: E major
Intro 1
F#
E
F#
E
B
F#
F#m
B
Kicked your gift-
Verse 1
B
horse in the teeth
Crowd gathered round in the street
E
You killed your savior
B
new one can't be found
F#
E
Talk is cheap your savior's
B
highway bound
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F#
F#m
Verse 2
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B
You read the tabloids every day
They're giving lots of things away
E
They went to build you up
B
F#
So they can bring you down
F#m
F#
E
Talk is cheap it's gonna
Could make them a million
B
pounds
E
F#m
F#
Verse 3
B
Now baby don't put your
business on the telephone
Tell your girlfriend just to leave me alone
E
Tell her to watch her mouth before
B
she talks to anybody anybody
F#m
F#
Oh 'cause talk is cheap
E
it comes with the territory
B
Interlude 1
F#m
F#
B
E
B
F#
E
B
F#m
B
E
B
E
F#
E
B
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F#m
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Sometimes
Verse 4
B
it's back- to- front sometimes it's upside down
Put your money where your mouth
is when you come around
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E
Backbiters and syndicators walking
B
from Chinatown
F#
E
Oh talk is cheap why don't you lay
your money down
B
E
B
F#
Verse 5
F#m
F#
B
Well they say you can't
shut up a god damn fool
Ain't no exception to the rule
E
It's blah, blah, blah, blah
B
F#
Just like a nursery rhyme
F#m
F#
E
Talk is cheap almost all
B
E
B
F#
the time
Interlude 2
Alright
F#
B
E
B
Verse 6
F#
E
Yes, talk is cheap
Outro 1
Almost all the time
E
B
E
B
B
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