Tongue Like a Knife chords by Squeeze

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G
Em
A
Abm
D
E
B
C#
Bbm
Eb
C
C#m
G#m
F#
F#sus4

Verse 1
G 
Em 
A 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) The head of a hunt on
the wall by a painting
An upright piano stood locked by the door
In through the window
The light was fast fading
While I split my whiskey
G 
Em 
A 
All over the floor  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Making a mess of my words so
I was trying
To impress the Empress with
My wimpy tales
Fanning her face from cigar smoke
And sighing
I had come close to be miles
From her trail
G 
Em 
A 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 2
Abm 
She  (A flat minor) was the jewel that
A 
Sparkled  (A major) in darkness
Abm 
 (A flat minor) She   was the love
A 
Of everyone's  (A major) life
Abm 
 (A flat minor) She   was the catch at
A 
Everyone's  (A major) parties
D 
 (D major) She was the one with a tongue
G 
Em 
 (G major) Like a knife  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
A 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) 

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Verse 3
Her bosoms curved perfectly
Lit by the fire
My mind launched away
In a sea of its own
Her grace and her tightness
I had to admire
Through a whore's breath of stories
I happily told
G 
Em 
E 
A 
E 
A 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 

Verse 4
Abm 
B 
 (A flat minor) Trespassing  (B major) my hand
A 
C# 
B 
Bbm 
 (A major) Fell  (C sharp major) into  (B major) hot  (B flat minor) water
Abm 
A 
 (A flat minor) She  (A major) shot like a bullet
D 
A 
 (D major) Right out  (A major) of her chair
Bbm 
Em 
She  (B flat minor) led   me away an (E minor) d    I
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) Was then slaughtered  (C major) 
C#m 
Abm 
By the  (C sharp minor) warmth of her  (A flat minor) body
B 
G 
And  (B major) her love  (G major) an d care
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
Her tongue cut away
And the wounds slowly opened
I lay on the sails of the
Ship of romance
Drunk as I could be and
Broker than broken and
The head of my hunt
G 
Em 
A 
G#m 
A 
G#m 
A 
Was there in my  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G sharp minor)  (A major)  (G sharp minor)  (A major) 
G#m 
A 
D 
G 
 (G sharp minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
Em 
G 
Em 
A 
G 
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
G 
Em 
A 
G 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
Em 
A 
G 
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) hand (A major) s

Outro 1
G 
Em 
A 
G 
D 
E 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E major) 
F# 
F#sus4 
F# 
E 
F#sus4 
 (F sharp major)  (F sharpsus4)  (F sharp major)  (E major)  (F sharpsus4) 
F# 
E 
F# 
 (F sharp major)  (E major)  (F sharp major) 
E 
F# 
E 
 (E major)  (F sharp major)  (E major) 
F# 
E 
E 
 (F sharp major)  (E major)  (E major) 