The Gatecrasher chords by
Momus

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
G G 
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He shows up
F#m F#m 2
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at the party in a pair  of dark glasses
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Em Em 
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His grandfather wore in the war
G G 
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Saying nothing to no- one,
F#m F#m 2
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just drinks as if that's
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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What God gave him his ugly mouth for
A A 
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And he doesn't make passes
D D 
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at the girls in the corner
Am Am 
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In their Bolshevik glasses
A A 
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D D 
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and black
A A 
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Am Am 
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When they giggle a little
D D 
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and look at him funny
Am Am 
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E E 
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The gatecrasher only looks back

Verse 2
C#m C#m 4
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He takes in the faces,
D D 
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never quite placing them
C#m C#m 4
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Bm Bm 2
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Squinting his short- sighted eyes
C#m C#m 4
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And each  one reminds him of
Bm Bm 2
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someone he's known
A A 
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Am Am 
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Abm Abm 4
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Or someone he faintly dislikes
E E 
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Am Am 
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And he can't understand
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the naive curiosity
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G G 
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Forcing two strangers to talk
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When language is always and
G G 
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everywhere language
Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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E E 
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And people are like cheese and chalk
Am Am 
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Interlude 1

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Verse 3
G G 
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So he lifts  himself out of
F#m F#m 2
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his squatting position
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Em Em 
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And gets up for something to eat
G G 
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But the ham is too pink
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and the turkey is cardboard
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Am Am 
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Em Em 
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And the plate is as floppy as meat
Am Am 
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So he fills up his glass with
D D 
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a bottle of vodka
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D D 
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Snatched from some new arrivals who stare
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A A 
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As he tips back his head like
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a man seized with laughter
Am Am 
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E E 
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And spits the drink into the fire

Verse 4
C#m C#m 4
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And he looks so    appealing
D D 
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with eyes like a bloodhound
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And hair  like the 'Quatre Cent
Bm Bm 2
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Coups'
C#m C#m 4
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With the holes in his trousers
Bm Bm 2
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designed to arouse us
A A 
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He looks  like he'd know
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E E 
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what to do
Am Am 
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On the rims of his eyes there's
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a trace of infection
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Gm Gm 3
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Or maybe the mark of a tear
Am Am 
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G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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And is  it mascara or is it bacteria,  there where the white,
E E 
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where the white disappears?

Interlude 2

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Verse 5
G G 
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And which of those girls
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isn't scared of    him
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Em Em 
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And which of us isn't the same
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And maybe that's why,
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of the four of them
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No  one remembers the gatecrasher's name
D D 
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Interlude 3

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Verse 6
A A 
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Absentmindedly licking
Am Am 
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Abm Abm 4
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the tip of  a finger
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Bm Bm 2
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F#m F#m 2
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He's just used for scratching his ear
A A 
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He wrinkles his nose at
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the taste of the wax
Bm Bm 2
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F#m F#m 2
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Which, like him, is acidic and sour
A A 
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Am Am 
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And just for a second something
comes back to him
Something so real and remote
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Am Am 
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That he tips back his vodka
A A 
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Am Am 
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to blank out the thought
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And he grins as it scorches his throat

Verse 7
C#m C#m 4
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Maybe he thought of his mother,
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how she kicked out his father
C#m C#m 4
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When he'd pushed her around
Bm Bm 2
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once too much
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And how he'd pretended
Bm Bm 2
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to sleep as she hugged him
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And how he'd been calmed
Am Am 
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Abm Abm 4
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by her touch
Am Am 
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Or he's sad with nostalgia
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for a little Italian
Am Am 
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He met in a bar in Milan
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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Am Am 
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While they swept up the glass
Gm Gm 3
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on Piazza Fontana
F F 
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E E 
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He knew she'd be thinking of him
Am Am 
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She'd be thinking of him
D D 
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Am Am 
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Interlude 4

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Verse 8
G G 
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Or he wonders why Hitler
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liked lemon verbena
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Em Em 
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And whether he loved Eva Braun
G G 
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F#m F#m 2
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Or maybe he thinks of his cheap bed
D D 
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A A 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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A A 
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Am Am 
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and breakfast
D D 
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On the far side of town