Key: C
Introduction:
C C/D C/E C F C C/D C/E C F C C/D C/E C F C C/D C/E C
verse 1
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... Baby wants to dance
C/D C/E C
.. Past the flat-footed charterhouse boys
C/D C/E C
... From towns where the mothers can't stand
C/D C/E C
.. Mmm, the sight of each other
verse 2
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... Baby wants to last
C/D C/E C
.. In the hearts of the wild and free
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... She knows that time takes all of us
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.. Through every long, hot, heavy summer
G
And all of them, they talk of national security
G
Over garden fences made to buff the bastard breeze
C
Of chance encounters
verse 3
C/D C/E C
... Baby wants to dance
C/D C/E C
.. Past the Tuesday morning supermarket crowd
C/D C/E C
... She knows we'll all sleep through the days
C/D C/E C
And be two-step drip fed our laughter
verse 4
C/D C/E C
... Says she wants to last
C/D C/E C
.. Mmm, last how you want to
C/D C/E C
... She's a light in the young boy's eyes
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.. Through every long, hot, heavy summer
G
And all of them, they talk of national security
G
Over garden fences made to buff the bastard breeze
G
Yeah, all of them, shufflin' down that lonely street
C/D C/E C
One last gasp
C/D C/E C F
.. Against a long, hot, heavy summer