TRAVIS-BLUE FLASHING LIGHT [Secret track on 'The Man Who']
Play On Electric or Steel String Acoustic Guitar
6/8 Time
INTRO (Best with feedback!)
Em
Em
Sat-ur-day eve-ning
VERSE
Em
Saturday Evening, a quarter to five, I would see him arrive at the door.
Am D7 Em
Pushed you aside as he stagared inside, spiting alcohol over the floor.
Em A5
A storm is a brewing, and it's sure to fall soon, as I look at you from the shore. So you'd
CHORUS
G
better hold on 'cause it's Saturday night and your friends
Em
are all out and you feel like shit, 'cause they
G
never call you, no they never call you, no they
Em
never call, never call, never bloody ever.
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VERSE
Em
Call me a name and I'll hit you again, you're a slut, you're a bitch, you're a whore.
Am D
Talk to your daddy in that tone of voice, there's a belt
Em9 Em
hanging over the door. So you run to your room and you hide in your room, thinking how
Am
you could settle the score, but it's
CHORUS
G
Saturday night at a quarter to six and your friends
Em
are all out but you live in the sticks, still they
G
never call you, no they never call you, no they
Em
never call, never call, never bloody ever call.
INTERLUDE/BRIDGE or MIDDLE 8
Em A7 Em A7
Em D Gm
E
Em
VERSE
Em
Blue flashing light last Saturday night brought the neighbours all out on the street.
Am D7
We watched as the fire men carried you out then we stared
Em
at each others feet. Now every one sees and yet no-body says, are we all
A5
just afraid of the heat. But it's
CHORUS
G
Saturday night and I'm lying alone in the bed
Em
that I made, disconnected the phone, still they
G
never call you, no they never call you, no they
Em
never call, never call, never bloody ever call
G Em
Never bloody ever.
Em
Never do.
G Em
Never do.
OUTRO
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