The Occasional Flicker chords by Dexys Midnight Runners

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F

Intro:

N.C.    |N.C.    |N.C.    :N.C.N.C.    |N.C.    |N.C.    :N.C.

Fm               Fm          Am    Am
No, I don't want sympathy, no
Eb                     Eb        C    C
Somewhere for the---se sins to go
Fm                Fm           Am                 Am
Compromise is the devil talking - and he spoke to me
   Eb                     Eb
He mentioned something of moving in
      C                                C
Oh, I conversed once with him and yes, he related to me how
  Fm            Fm           Am                 Am
Necessity i---s evil's mother - he has no father
Eb           Eb
Only victims weak or strong
            C
I hope this won't take long
   C
It won't take long

Chorus:

F      Dm           Bb       C
 I was right the fi---rst ti---me
F      Dm           Bb       C
 I was right the fi---rst ti---me
F      Dm           Bb       C
 I was right the fi---rst ti---me
F            Dm         Bb     C    C
 I'll put it right with thirst no--------w

Post-Chorus:

Am                  Ab        C         C
    too-doo-loo-doo-loo-oo-oo too-loo--------
Am                  Ab        C         C
    too-doo-loo-doo-loo-oo-oo

Verse:
F       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  C

                F                                        Bb                    C
Well, you might say I'm trying to redeem myself and in a way I think this is - true
F                                     Bb                C                F    Bb  C
I'm just trying to chew off more than those people that bite more than I do
            F                                        Bb                   C
You could - you could say I'm a bitter man, I would agree I think this is true
              F                                                       Bb  C
I will remain so until I know more than those that know more than I do
F       Bb                         C                             F
     It kind of reminds me of that burning feeling I used to get - (Yeah)
                                  Bb                    C
Kind of reminds me, it's the same kind of feeling - (I, I see)
               F                                     Bb            C
You know that, you know the little problem I used to get - (What problem) - You know the problem
F                                                               Bb              C
 (Are you still getting trouble with that) - Yeah, not all the time or anything
         F
(Like it was) - Yeah, sometimes
Bb                  C
  (Are you sure it's not heartburn)
F                        Bb                       C
Heartburn, no it's not a bit like heartburn, it's nothing like that

F                          Bb            C
You know that problem, the one I used to get - (Oh yeah)
F                          Bb           C        F
Well I still get troubles, somethings I won't forget
        Bb                C                                  F
Nothing big, nothing important, just a little incident about - burning
                               Bb     C
It's just a little matter of a burning
                         F                                  Bb  C
It's not arson, it's not arson, nothing to get excited about
F    Bb                         C
       It's my own problem I'll deal with it in my own time, alright?
F       :Bb  C

        F    Bb  C
Ooo-aaa-ooo
F          Bb  C
  Ooooo-ooo
   F              Bb      C
My burning, oh my burning
      F                 Bb    C
Oh my burni---ng, oh my burni---ng
      F                 Bb    C
Oh my burni---ng, oh my burni---ng
      F              Bb    C
Oh my burning, oh my burni---ng
F          Bb                         C
    Like I said, it's my problem I'll deal with it myself - (Alright)

Outro:
F       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  CF       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  CF       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  CF       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  C
F       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  C

F      Bb    C
  Oh yeah! - yeah!
   F        Bb   C
Oh yeah! oh yeah!
F       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  CF       |Bb  C   |F       :Bb  C
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