D - C
- D - C (4x)
D - C - D - C - D - C - D - C
1. Stand back !
D - C - D - C - D - C - D - C
Stand back !
F
G
What are those dogs doing
sniffing at my feet
F
G
they're
on to something, picking up, picking up,
D - C - D - C D - C - D - C
this
heat, this heat.
Bb F G
Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real,
D C D -
C
real as any thing you've seen,
Bb -
F G D
- C
get ali.......ve with this dreamer's
dream.
D C D - C
2. You know your culture from
your trash,
D C D - C - D
you
know your plastic from your cash,
C G Bb
when
I lose sight of the track, you know the way back,
D - C - D
but I
know you.
C D - C - D
You know your stripper from
your paint
C D - C - D
you
know your sinner from your saint,
C G Bb
whenever
heaven's doors are shut, you get them open, but
D - C - D - C
I know you.
Bb
F G
Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real,
D C D - C
real as any place you’ve been,
Bb -
F G D - C - D - C
get ali.......ve with this dreamer's
dream.
D - C - D - C - D - C - D - C
3. Stand back !
D - C - D - C - D - C - D - C
Stand back !
F G
Can't you see I've lost control and I'm
getting indiscreet
F G
you're
moving in so close 'til I'm picking up, picking up
D - C - D - C D - C - D - C
this
heat, this heat.
Bb F G
Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real,
D C D - C
real as any thing you've seen,
Bb - F G D - C
get ali.......ve with this dreamer's
dream.
D C D - C - D
3. You know your green from
your red,
C D - C - D
you
know the quick from the dead,
C G
Bb
so
much better than the rest, you think you've been blessed,
D - C - D
but I
know you.
C D -
C - D
You know your ladder from your snake,
C D
- C - D
you
know the throttle from the brake,
C G Bb
you
know your straight line from a curve, you've got a lot of nerve,
D -
C - D - C
but I
know you.
Bb F G
Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real,
D C D - C
real as any place you’ve been,
Bb -
F G D -
C - D - C
get ali.......ve with this dreamer's
dream.
D C D C
Everybody nosedive, hold your breath, count
to five,
D C D
C
backslap,
boobytrap, cover it up in bubblewrap,
D C
D C
Room shake, earthquake, find a
way to stay awake,
D C
D
C
it's
going to blow, it's going to break, this is more than I can take.
D - C - D -
C D - C - D - C
4. Oh yeah,
D - C - D - C D C - D - C
I need steam, feel
the steam around me !
F G
Ah, you're turning up the heat when I start
to dream aloud,
F
G
see
you move your hands and feet, won't you step into this cloud
D - C - D - C D - C - D - C
of
steam, this steam.
Bb
F G
Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real,
D C D - C
real as any thing you've seen,
Bb -
F G D - C - D - C
get ali.......ve with this dreamer's
dream.
D - C - D - C - D - C - D
5. Help me, yeah !
C D C - D - C
Ready to
steam out the log jam.
+ D - C - D - C
- D - C - D - C
D C D C
Stir crazy from the freezer to
the foil,
D C D
C
D
water's
bubbling, b...b...b...b...bubbling, bubbling, bubbling
C D C
bubbling,
bubbling, like it's coming to the boil.
- D C - D - C D C D
Give me steam, lady, give
me steam around me now,
C D
- C - D C D - C - D
coming
alive, coming alive,
C D
said,
give me some steam !
(orig. = capo 1st) (Peter Gabriel)