Intro: Synth Strings High B sustained and play underneath:
4/4 |Em | Em6 | Bm(D inversion)| Bm(root) | Em | Em6
5/4 |B(guitar riff) F#/B | E/B F#/B |
|B F#/B | E/B Dmaj7/B | D(Guitar changes to D)
D Bass Pedal Throughout, Organ Chords: Dm, F, C, Dm, A,
Dm, Bb, F, C, G, Dm
DmFCDmADm
It's good to be here, how've you been?
BbFCGDm
Check my bags, boy where's my room?
FCDmADm
I sit on the phone, that's my game
BbFCGD
Keep up the pressure all the way
(synth notes in parentheses)
D (D F# A C B) G(land on B synth note on bush)
I don't want to beat about the bush
(EGFE)
C(Land on E) (C E G Bb A) Dm(F# A C Eb D)
But none of us are getting any younger
D7b9(Land on D then down an octave to D F# A C Bb)
Gm(land on Bb)(G Bb D F)
There's people out there who could take your place
Cm(EbCEbGBbA) A(EF#GAD)
A more commercial view, a fresher face
DmFCDmADm
I need a shower, take a nap
BbFCGDm
I'll meet you in the bar, we must have a rap
FCDmADm
There's a lot on the line, a lot to say
BbFCGD
There's something I must tell you today
G
You and I both know the score
CDm
You can't go on like this forever
D7b9 Gm
So it's with regret, I tell you now
CmA
That from this moment on you're on your own
4/4
D/CC
I don't talk round corners
D/CC
It's right between the eyes
AGmaj7G/A
If you're slow they'll run past you
AG/AAmGmaj7/A
Stand tall, see them falling ov er
D/CC
I walk a straight line
D/CC
It's right between the eyes
AGmajG/A
Well show me the door
AGAmGmaj7/A
Show me someone who'll do it better
5/4 Back To D Bass Pedal: Organ Chords: Dm, F, C, Dm, A,
Dm, Bb, F, C, G, Dm
FCDmADm
The drinks are on me, be my guest
BbFCGDm
Smoke a cigar, take the best
FCDmADm
Don't hedge your bets, we can make a deal
BbFCGD
You got it in your pocket and how you feel?
G
So glad that's over, now you know
CDm
But I'm only acting under orders
D7b9 Gm
And looking down on you from way up here
CmA
You've got to sink or swim, get off the floor
Solo: |D |F |x3
|G |A |D/C
4/4
D/CC
I don't talk round corners
D/CC
It's right between the eyes
AGmaj7G/A
If you're slow they'll run past you
AG/AAmGmaj7/A
Stand tall, see them falling ov er
D/CC
I walk a straight line
D/CC
Right between the eyes
AGmajG/A
Well show me the door
AG/AAmGmaj7/A
Show me someone who'll do it better
Outro: |Em |A |Bm |Bmadd9 |Em |A |
| B | F#/B |E/B |F#/B | B |x2 Synth runs up E scale to end on High B