Bodyguard chords by Steel Pulse

Chords with lyrics

BODYGUARD by Steel Pulse

From 'Earth Crisis' (1984)*


Intro:

C# minorC#m G#m, F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A, G# minorG#m
C# minorC#m G#m, F# minorF#m G#m, Dmaj7Dmaj7

C# minorC#m A, G# minorG#m (x2)

Verse 1:

C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
 Every time you meet,
  G# minorG#m
The public,
C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
 You get scared and you,
      G# minorG#m
Start to pa-nic.

Bridge 1:

 C# minorC#m A augmentedA
A majorA who,  got a gun?
   G# minorG#m
A augmentedA who got a bomb?

C# minorC#m  A augmentedA
 Who, got a knife?
       G# minorG#m
A augmentedA who's gonna lose their life?

Verse 2:

C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
 So-called leaders,
        G# minorG#m
With deceitful faces,
  C# minorC#m   A augmentedA
Cor-ruption,
G# minorG#m
 In a high place.
  C# minorC#m           A augmentedA
You hands filled with bribes;
           G# minorG#m
Mouth pours out lies, yea.
C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
 Cause of all op-pression now,
        G# minorG#m
Running for pro-tection.

Chorus 1:

C# minorC#m
 Bodyguard,
      A augmentedA
I wouldn't like your job
(Snakes in the grass),
     G# minorG#m
Say they know not God.
   C# minorC#m
Poly-tricksters,
     A augmentedA
Drinking human blood,
(A augmentedA concrete heart),
  G# minorG#m
Can hold no love.

Interlude:

C# minorC#m A, G# minorG#m

Verse 3:

 C# minorC#m
I just can't sorry,
    A augmentedA     G# minorG#m
For the bodyguard.
C# minorC#m
 Bullet-proof vest,
A augmentedA            G# minorG#m
 Strapped to your chest,
C# minorC#m
 Under your collar,
  A augmentedA      G# minorG#m
Is getting hot.

Bridge 2:

 C# minorC#m A augmentedA
A majorA who,  got a gun?
   G# minorG#m
A augmentedA who got a bomb?

C# minorC#m  A augmentedA
 Who, got a knife?
       G# minorG#m
A augmentedA who's gonna lose their life?

Chorus 2:

C# minorC#m
 Bodyguard,
      A augmentedA
I wouldn't like your job
(Snakes in the grass),
     G# minorG#m
Say they know not God.
   C# minorC#m
Poly-tricksters,
     A augmentedA
Drinking human blood,
(A augmentedA concrete heart),
  G# minorG#m
Can hold no love.

Chorus 3:

C# minorC#m
 Bodyguard,
      A augmentedA
I wouldn't like your job
(Snakes in the grass),
     G# minorG#m
Say they know not God.
   C# minorC#m
Poly-tricksters,
     A augmentedA
Drinking human blood,
(A augmentedA concrete heart),
  G# minorG#m
Can hold no love.

Break:

C# minorC#m B, C# minorC#m F#7,
C# minorC#m B, G#7G#7

C# minorC#m B, C# minorC#m F#7,
C#m, F# minorF#m G#m, Dmaj7Dmaj7

Verse 4:

C# minorC#m
 Hey, hey,
  A augmentedA      G# minorG#m
No feel no way,
 C# minorC#m
I just can't sorry,
    A augmentedA     G# minorG#m
For the bodyguard.

Bridge 3:

 C# minorC#m A augmentedA
A majorA who,  got a gun?
   G# minorG#m
A augmentedA who got a bomb?

C# minorC#m  A augmentedA
 Who, got a knife?
       G# minorG#m
A augmentedA who's gonna lose their life?

Chorus 4:

C# minorC#m
 Bodyguard,
      A augmentedA
I wouldn't like your job
(Snakes in the grass),
     G# minorG#m
Say they know not God.
   C# minorC#m
Poly-tricksters,
     A augmentedA
Drinking human blood,
(A augmentedA concrete heart),
  G# minorG#m
Can hold no love.

Chorus 5:

C# minorC#m
 Bodyguard,
      A augmentedA
I wouldn't like your job
(Snakes in the grass),
     G# minorG#m
Say they know not God.
   C# minorC#m
Poly-tricksters,
     A augmentedA
Drinking human blood,
(A augmentedA concrete heart),
  G# minorG#m
Can hold no love.

Coda:

C# minorC#m             A augmentedA   G# minorG#m
 Watch it all you presidents, Boo!
C# minorC#m         A augmentedA  G# minorG#m
 Heads of government, Boo!
C# minorC#m          A augmentedA  G# minorG#m
 Mash down parliaments, Boo!

 C# minorC#m
I just can't sorry,
    A augmentedA
For the bodyguard.
        G# minorG#m
(A augmentedA who's gonna lose their life?)
 C# minorC#m
I just can't sorry,
    A augmentedA
For the bodyguard.
        G# minorG#m
(A augmentedA who's gonna lose their life?)

     C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
All that fretting,
All that checking.
    G# minorG#m
(Gonna lose their life?)
     C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
All that searching,
       G# minorG#m
For assassin hey!

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  C# minorC#m   G# minorG#m   F# minorF#m   A augmentedA

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 xxx654 xxx444 xxx222 xxx655

 Dmaj7Dmaj7  BB    F#7F#7   G#7G#7

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x57675 xxx877 xxx656 xxx878