?CAN I BORROW A KISS?
by
THE KNACK
The song is played with an easy Mersey beat. The minor chord progressions are
typical of early 1960?s British pop. Can?t help but think of ?Needles and Pins?
by The Searchers when I play this. Hope it works for you.
Intro (also outro)
A A2 A A4 A A2 A E (played twice)
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EAEF#mC#mD
I was a knock-kneed freckle faced over shy under fed boy
EA
in the summer I'll always remember.
DAEF#mC#m
Said I was high-strung middle-class over-sexed underemployed
EA
by September I was a man.
C#mF#mC#m
I followed the throng out to the coast and found
ABm
a girl who stepped out of a song
DE
and my world filled with light and sound as she said to me
Chorus:
DA
Can I borrow a kiss that's what I heard.
DA
Can I borrow a kiss no cost incurred
C#mF#mDE
and I'll pay it back with interest if you'll only say the word.
DA
Can I borrow a kiss like lovers do,
DA
Can I borrow a kiss make dreams come true
C#mF#m
Let me know I exist can I borrow a kiss
DBm
and I'll give it right back to you
D A (intro sequence)
and I'll give it right back to you.
AEF#mC#m
She was a dark-haired satin-skinned velvet-eyed wisp of a girl
DA
with a smile that could stop you from breathing
AEF#mD
She had me coming on getting off tuning in and out of this world
EA
and believing love was for real
C#mF#mC#m
Just like in a poem, she smiled that smile and then
ABm
I knew I would not be alone
DE
and that soon all my cares would end when she said to me
DA
Can I borrow a kiss is what I heard
DA
Can I borrow a kiss no cost incurred
C#mF#mDE
and I'll pay it back with interest, if you'll only say the word
DA
Can I borrow a kiss like lovers do
DA
Can I borrow a kiss make dreams come true
C#mF#m
Let me know I exist can I borrow a kiss
DBm
and I'll give it right back to you
DE (A-A2-A-E)
and I'll give it right back to you
Bridge:
C
When I look back upon the time that's passed away
DE
It always seems that all my dreams are yesterday
(instrumental)
DADAC#mF#mDE
and I'll pay it back with interest, if you'll only say the word
DA
Can I borrow a kiss like lovers do
DA
Can I borrow a kiss make dreams come true
C#mF#m
Let me know I exist can I borrow a kiss
DBm
and I'll give it right back to you
DE
and I'll give it right back to you
(outro)
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Chords:
(Standard tuning - E-A-D-G-B-E)
AA2A4EF#m
x02220 x02200 x02230 022100 244222
C#mDBm
x66544 xx0232 x24432