Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl
Intro:
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm Bb/F Eb Bb/D Eb F
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm Bb/F Eb Bb/D Eb F
Piano notes:
Bb
D A
D G
D F
D E
C D
C E
D F
A Bb
D Eb (higher)
D F (higher)
D Eb (higher)
D Eb (lower)
C D
C E
D F
A Bb
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch]
Back back way back I used to front like Angkor Wat
Gm Bb/F
Mechanicsburg Anchorage and Dar es Salaam
Eb Bb/D
While home in New York was champagne and disco
Eb F
Tapes from L.A. slash San Francisco
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch]
But actually Oakland and not Alameda
Gm Bb/F
Your girl was in Berkeley with her Communist reader
Eb Bb/D
Mine was entombed within boombox and Walkman
Eb F
I was a hoarder but girl that was back then
Single notes:
Bb
Bb A
Ab G
G F
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
Bb/F
What you on about?
Eb Bb/D Eb F
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Bb/F
Such a modest mouse,
Eb Bb/D Eb F
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm Bb/F
Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl
Eb Bb/D Eb F
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Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch]
Ancestors told me that their girl was better
Gm Bb/F
She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather
Eb Bb/D
I just ignored all the tales of a past life
Eb F
Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch]
And punks who would laugh when they saw us together
Gm Bb/F
Well, they didn't know how to dress for the weather
Eb Bb/D
I can still see them there huddled on Astor
Eb F
Snow falling slow to the sound of the master
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
Bb/F
What you on about?
Eb Bb/D Eb F
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Bb/F
Such a modest mouse,
Eb Bb/D Eb F
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm Bb/F Eb Bb/D Eb F
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch]
Wisdom's a gift, but you'd trade it for youth
Gm Cm
Age is an honor, it's still not the truth
Eb Bb/D
We saw the stars when they hid from the world
Eb F
You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch]
Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her
Gm Cm
The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her
Eb Bb/D
We know the true death, the true way of all flesh
Eb F
Everyone's dying, but girl you're not old yet
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
Bb/F
What you on about?
Eb Bb/D Eb F
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Bb/F
Such a modest mouse,
Eb Bb/D Eb F
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
[x2]
Bb [ch]Dm/A[/ch] Gm Bb/F
Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl
Single notes: Eb D Eb A Bb
