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(VERSE 1)
D/C C D/C CIt's safe in the city, to love in a doorway
D Em DTo wrangle some screens from the door
C D/C C D/CAnd isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger?
C D EmLike a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash
D C D/C C D/CWill you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely?
C D EmSo I'll break up my room, and yawn and I
D BmRun to the center of things,
Where the knowing one says
(CHORUS)
Dm Am GBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing
Dm Am F GBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing
Dm Am/C G/B GIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am F G C'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
(VERSE 2)
D/C CI'm glad that you're older than me
D/C CMakes me feel important and free
D Em DDoes that make you smile, isn't that me?
C D/C C D/CI'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment
C DIf his trade is a curse, then I'll bless you
Em D BmAnd turn to the crossroads of hamburgers, and
(CHORUS)
Dm Am GBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing
Dm Am F GBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing
Dm Am/C G/B GIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am F G'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
(GUITAR SOLO)
D F#m Bm Bb
D Gm/D D Gm/D
D F#m Bm Bb
D Gm/D D Gm/D D
"CANDIDATE"
(SAX AND GUITAR SOLOS)
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm AmI'll make you a deal, like any other candidate
GWe'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake
Dm AmMy set is amazing, it even smells like a street
GThere's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend
Dm Am GSomeone scrawled on the wall "I smell the blood of les tricoteuses"
Who wrote up scandals in other bars
Dm AmI'm having so much fun with the poisonous people
GSpreading rumours and lies and stories they made up
Dm AmSome make you sing and some make you scream
GOne makes you wish that you've never been seen
Dm AmBut there's a shop on the corner that's selling paper mache
GMaking bulletproof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
Dm Am GIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm AmSo you scream out of line "I want you! I need you!
GAnyone out there? Any time?"
Dm AmTres butch little number whines "Hey dirty, I want you
GWhen it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces"
Dm Am GIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm AmWell, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head
GFor I put all I have in another bed
Dm AmOn another floor, in the back of a car
GIn the cellar like a church with the door ajar
Dm AmWell, I guess we must be looking for a different kind
GBut we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds
Dm Am'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young nights
GWho press you on the ground while shaking in fright
Dm AmI guess we could cruise down one more time
GWith you by my side, it should be fine
Dm AmWe'll buy some drugs and watch a band
GThen jump in the river holding hands
"SWEET THING (reprise)"
(SAX SOLO)
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am/C GIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am F G C'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
VERSE 3
D/C C D/C CIs it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain?
D Em DDo you think that your face looks the same?
C D/C C D/CThen let it be, it's all I ever wanted
C DIts a street with a deal, and a taste
Em D G A/GIts got claws, its got me, its got you
(OUTRO)
G A/G G A
Bbmaj13#11 Fmaj13
Bbmaj13#11 Fmaj13
Bbmaj13#11 C6/9 D(add9)
E (more or less, there are alot of #9's, dominant 7's, and
such in the bass. E5 would be the safest bet here).
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