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from ‘One Step Beyond’ (1979)

NB / Slide (between Chords)

Intro:

C#m A F#m, Abm B (x3)

Verse 1:

[C#m/C/C#m] My girl’s mad at me.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] I didn’t wanna see the film tonight.
[C#m/C/C#m] I found it hard to say.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] She thought I’d had e-nough of her.

Chorus 1:

Why [E/D#]can’t she see;
She’s lovely to me?
But I [E/D#]like to stay in, and [C#m/B]watch T.V.
On my own, every now and then.

Verse 2:

[C#m/C/C#m] My girl’s mad at me.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] Been on the tele-phone for an hour.
[C#m/C/C#m] We hardly said a word.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] I tried and tried, but I could not be heard.

Chorus 2:

Why [E/D#]can’t I ex-plain?
Why do I feel this pain?
‘Cos every-[E/D#]thing I say, she doesn’t,[C#m/B] under-stand,
She doesn’t rea-lise; she takes it all the wrong way.

Piano Solo:

C#m/C/C#m, A/Ab/A (F#m), C#m/C/C#m, F#m (x2)

Verse 4:

[C#m/C/C#m] My girl’s mad at me.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] We argued just the other night.
[C#m/C/C#m] I thought we’d got it straight,[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] We talked and talked, un-til it was light.

Chorus 3:

I [E/D#]thought we’d a-greed,
I thought we’d talked it out.
Now when I [E/D#]try to speak, she says that[C#m/B], I don’t care,
She says I’m un-a-ware, and now she says I’m weak.

Outro:

C#m A F#m, Abm B, C#m

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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x46654 577655 244222 466444 799877 x35553

[E/D#] [C#m/B]
466544 x79997 x69997 x26654 242222

Buster, he sold the heat

e|-10–9—8~-|
B|-11–10–9~-|
G|-11–10–9~-|
D|————|
A|————|
E|————|

With a rock-steady beat

e|-8–7–6~—|
B|-7–6–5~—|
G|-7–6–5~—|
D|————|
A|————|
E|————|

Interlude:
G, G

Verse 1:
An earthquake is erupting, But not in Orange street
A ghost-dance is preparing, You got to help us with your feet
If you’re not in the mood to dance, Step back, grab yourself a seat
This may not be uptown Jamaica, But we promise you a treat

Chorus 1:
Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
Shuffle me off my feet
Even if I kept on runnin’
I’d never get to Orange street

Verse 2:
So I set it up myself to say, For the man who set the beat
So I’ll leave it up to you out there, To get him back on his feet

Interlude:
C, C, G, G

Chorus 2:
Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
Shuffle me off my feet
Even though I’ll keep on runnin’
I’ll never get to Orange street

Interlude:
G, G, G, G,
C, C, G, G,
D, C, G, G,

Solo:
G, G, G, G, C, C, G, G, D, C, G, G

Coda:
Bring back the
Who is the
We want the

(Pause)

Interlude:
G, G, G, G,
C, C, G, G
D, C, G, G

Solo:
G, G, G, G, C, C, G, G, D, C, G, G