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Intro:
e|------------2-2-2/------------2-2-2/
B|------------2h3h4/------------3h3h4/
G|4s6---------2-2-2/4s6---------2-2-2/ 2x
D|----7-------4-4-4/----7-------4-4-4/
A|------9p0-2-2-2-2/------9p0-2-2-2-2/
E|-----------------/-----------------/
A /
A - A6/C# - A - B
We could be away from here
A - A6/C# - A - B
by ten o'clock tonight
A - A6/C# -A - B A
Pennies won't get us to heaven, I know
A6/C# A B
but a borrowed car just might
A - A6/C# - A - B
Look through my wallet
A - A6/C# A B
There's e - nough for a hotel room
A - A6/C# - A - B
But no, no, no, you say I wanna stay
A - A6/C# A B
in and get wet with you.
Chorus:
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B theme
the opposite view?
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B theme
the opposite view?
Theme:
B A6/B B B A6/B B
e|---------------------/---------------------/
B|4-4-4-4-4-4s7--2----4/4-4-4-4-4-4s7--2----4/
G|4-4-4-4-4-4s8--2----4/4-4-4-4-4-4s8--2----4/
D|---------------------/---------------------/
A|---------------------/---------------------/
E|---------------------/---------------------/
B /
We could be different people tonight
A - A6/C# - A - B
Who do you want to choose
A - A6/C# - A - B
I'll book a table in a suit and tie
A - A6/C# - A - B
and you can wear your sister's shoes
A - B
Look through my wallet
A - A6/C# -A B
Which cities shall we travel through
A - A6/C# - A - B A - A6/C#
But no, no, no you say you just got paid
A - B
Money's not for wasting it's for holding onto
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B theme
the opposite view
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B theme
the opposite view?
Break:
E B
Is it something in your nature
E B F#
that makes it hard to say, Baby, I do
B
You don't have to a - gree
E /
when someone says they love you
A /
But you don't have to take /
A B
the opposite view
A - A6/C# - A - B 3x
A - A6/B - B theme 2x
A / B / A /
Every precious second there's a chance to change
B / B /
Every precious second there's a
A - A6/C# - A - B
We can walk on the roofs tonight
A - A6/C# - A - B
watch the midnight traffic flow
A - A6/C# - A - B A
Unscrew the light bulbs babe,
A6/C# A - B
and we'll throw them from the 14th floor
A - B
I say we're yellow
A - A6/C# - A B
if we don't do something new
A - A6/C# - A - B
But you just laugh and start filling up
A A6/C# A B
my glass as if it's not true.
Chorus:
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B theme
the opposite view?
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B (theme )
the opposite view? And why, why
A
Why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B theme
the opposite view?
A
Why, why do you take (why do you, why do you take)
B A6/B - B - B/F#
the opposite view?
Outro:
A7sus4 A7
Every precious se - cond there's a
A7sus4 A7
chance to chan - ge
B7 B7
Every precious second there's a
A7sus4 A7
Every precious se - cond there's a
A7sus4 A7
chance to chan - ge
B7
The present tense is perfect baby,
B7
let's rearrange it
A
Every precious second there's a
A
chance to change
B B
Every precious second there's a
A
The present tense is perfect baby,
A
let's rearrange it
B
Every precious second there's a
B
chance to change
A
The present tense is perfect baby,
A
let's rearrange it
B
Every precious second there's a
B
chance to change
A
Every precious second there's a
A
chance to change
Written by Justin Currie