Key: C
Introduction:
C Fm
Gb(flat5)
C Fm C
Broad-shouldered beasts fill the sky
C Fm C
Manhattan beats at the night
Am F
But you are wrapped up in wire
C Fm C
Curled up in fright
C Fm C
So I took you to the city for the night
C Fm C
To dance under dizzy silver lights
Am
But for a moment, you were wild
F C Fm C
With abandon like a child, just a moment
F C
But wasn't it you who said I was not free
F C
And wasn't it you who said I needed peace
E F
And now it's you who's floored by fear of it all
C
And it's alright
F C
Take it out on me
F Am
And it's alright
F C
Take it out on me
C Fm C
These apartment walls are paper thin
C Fm C
And no one is trying to listen in
Am
What to hear our doubts
F C Fm C
Hear our whispered shouts, they don't care
F C
Wasn't it you who said I was not free
F C
And wasn't it you who said I needed peace
E F
And now it's you who's floored by fear of it all
C
And it's alright
F C
Take it out on me
F Am
And it's alright
F C
Take it out on me
F
But when you feel the world
Fm
wrapping round your neck
Am F
Feel my hand round yours
Gb(flat5)
F
wrapping round your neck
C
Don't succumb
C
And it's alright
F C
Take it out on me
F Am
And it's alright
F Am F
Take it out on me
C F(2x)
Am
And it's alright
F Am F
Take it out on me
C