C CHORDS USED: F#: 244322 G#m: 466444 A#m: 688666 B*: 789XX7 B: X24442 C#: X46664 Intro: F# G#m A#m B* x 7 Verse: F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* It's not right, but it's now or never F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* And if I wait could I ever forgive myself? F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* With the light from the TVs buzzing in the house
Pre-Chorus: F# G#m Cause I'm gonna cut it where I can A#m B* And then I'm gonna duck out behind them F# G#m If I ever had a chance it's now then A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you F# G#m A#m To offer it to you would be cruel B* F# G#m A#m When all I want to do is use, use you Chorus: F# G#m He was a diplomat's son A#m B* It was '81 F# G#m He was a diplomat's son A#m B* It was '81 Verse: F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* I could sleep wherever I lay my head F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet Pre-Chorus: F# G#m Cause I'm gonna take it from Simon A#m B* And then I'm gonna duck out behind them F# G#m If I ever had a chance it's now, then A#m B* But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you F# G#m A#m To offer it to you would be cruel B* F# G#m A#m When all I want to do is use, use you Chorus: F# G#m He was a diplomat's son A#m B* It was '81 F# G#m He was a diplomat's son A#m B* It was '81 Bridge: B F# F# C# x 2 B F# I know, you'll say F# C# I'm not doing it right B F# F# C# But this is how I want it B F# I can't go back F# C# To how I felt before Verse: F# G#m That night I smoked a joint A#m With my best friend B* F# We found ourselves in bed G#m A#m When I woke up he was gone Chorus: F# G#m He was a diplomat's son A#m B* It was '81 F# G#m He was a diplomat's son A#m B* It was '81 Bridge: B F# F# C# x 7 Outro: F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* Looking out at the ice cold water all around me F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* I can't feel any traces of that other place F# G#m A#m B* F# G#m A#m B* In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river F# G#m A#m B*
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