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Sweet Thing by David Bowie
Sweet Thing
Bbmaj13#11 play Bb
Fmaj13 play F
C6/9 play C
D(add9) play D
(INTRO)
C D/C C D/C C
(VERSE 1)
D/C C D/C C
It's safe in the city, to love in a doorway
D Em D
To wrangle some screens from the door
C D/C C D/C
And isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger?
C D Em
Like a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash
D C D/C C D/C
Will you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely?
C D Em
So I'll break up my room, and yawn and I
D Bm
Run to the center of things,
Where the knowing one says
(CHORUS)
Dm Am G
Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing
Dm Am F G
Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing
Dm Am/C G/B G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am F G C
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
(VERSE 2)
D/C C
I'm glad that you're older than me
D/C C
Makes me feel important and free
D Em D
Does that make you smile, isn't that me?
C D/C C D/C
I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment
C D
If his trade is a curse, then I'll bless you
Em D Bm
And turn to the crossroads of hamburgers, and
(CHORUS)
Dm Am G
Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing
Dm Am F G
Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing
Dm Am/C G/B G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am F G
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
(GUITAR SOLO)
D F#m Bm Bb
D Gm/D D Gm/D
D F#m Bm Bb
D Gm/D D Gm/D D
"CANDIDATE"
(SAX AND GUITAR SOLOS)
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am
I'll make you a deal, like any other candidate
G
We'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake
Dm Am
My set is amazing, it even smells like a street
G
There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend
Dm Am G
Someone scrawled on the wall "I smell the blood of les tricoteuses"
Who wrote up scandals in other bars
Dm Am
I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people
G
Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up
Dm Am
Some make you sing and some make you scream
G
One makes you wish that you've never been seen
Dm Am
But there's a shop on the corner that's selling paper mache
G
Making bulletproof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
Dm Am G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am
So you scream out of line "I want you! I need you!
G
Anyone out there? Any time?"
Dm Am
Tres butch little number whines "Hey dirty, I want you
G
When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces"
Dm Am G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am
Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head
G
For I put all I have in another bed
Dm Am
On another floor, in the back of a car
G
In the cellar like a church with the door ajar
Dm Am
Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind
G
But we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds
Dm Am
'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young nights
G
Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright
Dm Am
I guess we could cruise down one more time
G
With you by my side, it should be fine
Dm Am
We'll buy some drugs and watch a band
G
Then jump in the river holding hands
"SWEET THING (reprise)"
(SAX SOLO)
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am/C G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Dm Am F G C
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
VERSE 3
D/C C D/C C
Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain?
D Em D
Do you think that your face looks the same?
C D/C C D/C
Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted
C D
Its a street with a deal, and a taste
Em D G A/G
Its got claws, its got me, its got you
(OUTRO)
G A/G G A
Bbmaj13#11* Fmaj13*
Bbmaj13#11* Fmaj13*
Bbmaj13#11* C6/9* D(add9)*
E (more or less, there are alot of #9's, dominant 7's, and
such in the bass. E5 would be the safest bet here).
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It's safe in the city, to love in a doorway
To wrangle some screams from the dawn
And isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger?
Like a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash
Will you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely?
So I'll break up my room, and yawn and I
Run to the centre of things
Where the knowing one says
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
I'm glad that you're older than me
Makes me feel important and free
Does that make you smile, isn't that me
I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment
If this trade is a curse, then I'll bless you
And turn to the crossroads of Hamburg, as in
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
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version 3
INTRO: Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
If you want it, boys, get it here thing
Dm Am F G
Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
C D C D
Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain
C D Em
Do you think that your face looks the same
D C D C
Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted
D C D
It's a street with a deal, and a taste
Em D G A G A G A
It's got claws, it's got me, it's got you
OUTRO: Bb F Bb F
Bb C D E
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