Chords with lyrics
(The slide riff is fairly easy - goes from a D MajorD to C majorC on the C majorC chord, C majorC to Bb majorBb on the Bb majorBb chord, Bb majorBb to A augmentedA on the
FF chord, and then back up to the C. I play this on the G+G string roughly like this: (all bottleneck slide))
E MajorE|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-7\5-5---------|-5\3-3---------|-3\2-2-----------|-2/5-------------|
G+G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Intro]
C5C5 Bb5Bb5 F5F5 C5C5
C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC
[Verse]
C majorC
I'm just a shy romantic with my eyes on the loose
Bb majorBb FF
I'm in a overcoated way
FF
A augmentedA poet in a garret
C majorC
You know what people say
C majorC
Standing at the barline with my lip on the curl
Bb majorBb FF
I'm with the other lean and lear
FF
My finger on the pulse
C majorC
And my hand around a beer
[Chorus]
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, well I don't wanna know what's going round here
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, it's just a matter of time, hold it under light
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, I've got to get away, to get away, to get away
[Verse]
C majorC
The singer in the band, you know, he sweat on a pose
Bb majorBb FF
And he's really such a jerk
FF
Thinks he can call me stupid
C majorC
Because he gets a lot of work
C majorC
I'm standing in the background, got my arms on the fold
Bb majorBb FF
And every dog's gonna have its day
FF C majorC
The New Musical Express and my own 4-way P.A.
[Chorus]
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, well I don't wanna know what's going round here
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, it's just a matter of time, hold it under light
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, I've got to get away, to get away, to get away
[Slide Solo]
C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC (x2)
[Main Solo]
C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC (x2)
G+G FF
[Verse]
C majorC
Well, I've been reading those biographies in paperback
Bb majorBb FF
I've got a death-wish that I can't explain
FF
I've been working on that petulance
C majorC
And the urchin took my name
[Chorus]
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, well I don't wanna know what's going round here
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, it's just a matter of time, hold it under light
G+G FF C majorC
Ah, Ahh, I've got to get away, to get away, to get away
[Outro]
C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Oh you know I got to get away
C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Oh, you know, you know, you know
C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Oh you know I got to get away