Key: A
Introduction:
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We could be away from here
A- A6/C#- A- B
by ten o'clock tonight
A- A6/C#-A B A
Pennies won't get us to heaven, I know
A6/C# A B
but a borrowed car just might
A- A6/C#- A- B
Look through my wallet
A- A6/C# A B
There's e - nough for a hotel room
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But no, no, no, you say I wanna stay
A- A6/C# A B
in and get wet with you.
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view?
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view?
B/
We could be different people tonight
A- A6/C#- A- B
Who do you want to choose
A- A6/C#- A- B
I'll book a table in a suit and tie
A- A6/C#- A- B
and you can wear your sister's shoes
A- B
Look through my wallet
A- A6/C#-A B
Which cities shall we travel through
A- A6/C#- A- B A- A6/C#
But no, no, no you say you just got paid
A- B
Money's not for wasting it's for holding onto
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view?
E B
Is it something in your nature
E B F#
that makes it hard to say, Baby, I do
B
You don't have to a - gree
E /
A B
the opposite view
A/ B/ A/
Every precious second there's a chance to change
B/
Every precious second there's a
A- A6/C#- A- B
We can walk on the roofs tonight
A- A6/C#- A- B
watch the midnight traffic flow
A- A6/C#- A- B A
Unscrew the light bulbs babe,
A6/C# A- B
and we'll throw them from the 14th floor
A- B
I say we're yellow
A- A6/C#- A B
if we don't do something new
A- A6/C#- A- B
But you just laugh and start filling up
A A6/C# A B
my glass as if it's not true.
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view?
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view? And why, why
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B
the opposite view?
A
Why, why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B- B- B/F#
the opposite view?
A7(4) A7
Every precious se - cond there's a
A7(4) A7
chance to chan - ge
B7
Every precious second there's a
A7(4) A7
Every precious se - cond there's a
A7(4) A7
chance to chan - ge
B7
The present tense is perfect baby,
B7
let's rearrange it
A
Every precious second there's a
A
chance to change
B
Every precious second there's a
A
The present tense is perfect baby,
A
let's rearrange it
B
Every precious second there's a
B
chance to change
A
The present tense is perfect baby,
A
let's rearrange it
B
Every precious second there's a
B
chance to change
A
Every precious second there's a
A
chance to change