Thomas Dolby — Screen Kiss
D Bm A Em Em/D | A7 x2 (Verse) Emaj7 F#6 G#m /F# /G# B /C# /D# Miller time at the bar where all the English meet Emaj7 F#6 G#m //G# B /C# /D# She used to drink in the hills Only now she drinks in the valleys Emaj7 F#6 G#m /F# /G# B /C# /D# Where every road has a name like Beachwood Avenue Or so it seems Emaj7 F#6 G6 A Croydon gi-rl GEm7 Bm7 could really hope to find a home Em7 A7 Bm7 But with a thousand miles of real estate to choose from Em7 A6 You begin to see the value of your freedom Emaj7 F#6 G#m B /D# The moon is bright in the haze above old Hollywood Emaj7 F#6 G#m B /C# /D# And deer look down from the hills And it's three o'clock in the morning Emaj7 F#6 G#m B //D# Pill in hand you can hear his golden surfer boys Emaj7 G66 Crying out, G/A mommy won't come out of the bathroom Bm7 Em7 A And you'd hoped he'd say he's sorry if he hit you Bm7 Em7 A6 But he's buried in the screenplay of his feature (Chorus) Bm7 Em7 Screen kiss, one screened kiss G/A Straight from a film I forget who was in Bm7 Em7 Screen kiss, one screen kiss G/A Blue filter lens, in a pool of Vaseline D Bm/D But all the rushes look the same G/D D Bm7 Only there's a movie I wouldn't pay to see again Em7 G/A Amaj7 If it's the one with him in Emaj7 F#6 G#m /F# /G# B /C#/D# You and I could be a mile above the earth tremors Emaj7 F#6 G#m //G# B /C# /D# Hold to me and we'll climb You could sneak out while he's sleeping Emaj7F#6 G#m /F# /G# B /C/D# Suicide in the hills above old Hollywood Emaj7 F#6 G Is never going to change the world G/A Bm7 Change the world overnight Em7 /D G/A Bm7 Any more than the invention of the six-gun, child Em7 /D ABm7 Any more than the discovery of radium Em7 A/G Or California tipping in the ocean Bm7 Em7 /D Screen kiss, one screened kiss G/A /G /A /G Straight from a film I forget who was in Bm7 /A Em7 /D Screen kiss, one screen kiss G/A /G /A /G Blue filter lens, in a pool of Vaseline D Bm/D But all the rushes look the same G/D D Bm7/A Only there's a movie I wouldn't pay to see again Em7 G/A If it's the one Em7 A7 with him in Bm
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