Thieves chords by Lewis Furey

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Em
B
F
Am
Cdim
Cm
C
Bm
Fm
F#m
C#
E
D

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Dressed down in black,
B 
Em 
 (B major) my gloves  (E minor) skin tight, out for a scam on a
Friday night.
F 
I'm an  (F major) unofficial king with an invisible crown,
Em 
 (E minor) who can make his entree all over town.
B 
 (B major) With a piece in my pocket and the cops on the tape,
Am 
a  (A minor) life of crime's an easy shake.
Em 
 (E minor) That's how I like it,
don't like close shaves
B 
There's  (B major) nothin' dumber
than feelin' brave
Am 
Em 
Beast (A minor) s like us got a  (E minor) beast to feed
B 
Cdim 
B 
All  (B major) we have a taste,  (Cdim) what   we need  (B major) 
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) Beasts like us got a  (E minor) beast to flaunt
B 
All  (B major) we have a taste, what we want
Em 
I  (E minor) found a mansion, was through the fact
B 
Em 
 (B major) And  (E minor) at  the safe, in seconds flat
F 
I went  (F major) to work on the combination
Em 
When  (E minor) I suddenly felt
The strangest sensation
B 
Like a  (B major) diamond under a jeweler's glass
Am 
I was  (A minor) being appraised, being classified
Em 
 (E minor) Turned to meet my destiny
B 
 (B major) A  thief in black who looked
Cdim 
just like me  (Cdim) 
B 
Am 
Em 
 (B major) Thieves  (A minor) like us got a  (E minor) feast to feed
B 
Cm 
All  (B major) we ever taste,  (C minor) what we need
Cdim 
Am 
Em 
 (Cdim) Thieves  (A minor) like us got a  (E minor) feast to flaunt
B 
All  (B major) we ever taste, what we want
Em 
We  (E minor) made a deal as a kind of token
We split the take, not a word was spoken
F 
And she seemed  (F major) to re -defy the night
Em 
The  (E minor) body glowed in the pale moonlight
B 
Em 
B 
Am 
Well  (B major) in the morning  (E minor) I   could (B major) n't see  (A minor) 
All that remained enshrined in me
Em 
Was  (E minor) the beauty she said
Beauty's all that's real
B 
As she  (B major) led me out that night to steal
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) Thieves like us got a  (E minor) feast to feed
B 
Cm 
C 
All  (B major) we ever take's  (C minor) what we  (C major) need
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) Beasts like us got a  (E minor) beast of thought
B 
 (B major) All we ever take's what we want
Em 
She  (E minor) laid me like a good winged hawk
We laughed and kissed as we took stock
F 
A  (F major) bracelet, a watch, a precious ring
Em 
The  (E minor) voice described each lovely thing
B 
She said,  (B major) every day I'm gonna sing to you
Am 
A  (A minor) song for lovers whose hearts are true
Em 
Well, the  (E minor) morning came,
I couldn't hear a sound
B 
Couldn't  (B major) hear my foot as
it hit the ground
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) Feeds like us, got a  (E minor) feast to feed
B 
C 
All  (B major) we ever taste,  (C major) what we make
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) Feeds like us, got a  (E minor) feast to plot
B 
 (B major) All we ever taste, what we want
Em 
Though  (E minor) I was deaf, though I was blind
B 
Em 
 (B major) Of all  (E minor) the riches we could find
F 
Our  (F major) life together was worth it all
Em 
She  (E minor) had me bent up to the wall
B 
Her  (B major) smell and taste were next in line
Am 
She  (A minor) got them, my passion refined itself
Em 
 (E minor) She said, baby,
when you count up the score
B 
You'll find the  (B major) winner in love
Will be the one who loves more
Am 
Em 
Beams  (A minor) like us got a  (E minor) beast of feel
B 
Cdim 
C 
All  (B major) we ever taste what  (Cdim) we  (C major) make
Cdim 
Am 
Em 
 (Cdim) Beams  (A minor) like us got a  (E minor) beast of want
B 
All  (B major) we ever taste what we want
Em 
With  (E minor) the next night came the biggest plot
But I stayed behind not to be cumbersome
C 
F 
I  (C major) in (F major) voked my assassin
C 
F 
from  (C major) a  (F major) lonely bed
Em 
I  (E minor) addressed myself to
the feel of her hand
B 
On  (B major) my shoulder, I want it there
Bm 
Am 
 (B minor) On   (A minor) my sex, I want the silk of her hair
Em 
My  (E minor) victorious queen was
home with the dawn
B 
An (B major) d  we loved with a passion till my
Fm 
F#m 
senses were gone  (F minor)  (F sharp minor) 
C# 
You  (C sharp major) ask me where's that girl today
B 
Well,  (B major) we're still thieves
and she plays the way
E 
F#m 
C# 
F#m 
 (E major) See,  (F sharp minor) she stole my senses  (C sharp major) bit  (F sharp minor) by bit
C# 
 (C sharp major) But like a master thief was
B 
C# 
on her  (B major) heart that  (C sharp major) I   had
D 
C# 
B 
Bm 
B 
 (D major) Got  (C sharp major)  (B major)  (B minor) a    (B major) beast that
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F#m 
 (C sharp major) knows no shame  (F sharp minor) 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) You