C - D - C - D
C D - C
D
1. It's
safe in the city, to love in a
doorway,
C D Em - D
to
wrangle some screens from the door.
C
- D C - D
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
- D
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 run
D
Bm
to
the center of things,
Dm
where
the knowing one says ....
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 G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing,
Dm
Am F - G
'cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing.
C
2. I'm glad that you're older than me,
C D
makes
me feel important and free
C D Em - D
Does that make you smile,
isn't that me?
C - D
C - D
I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment.
C D Em
If his trade is a curse, then
I'll bless you and turn
D - Bm
to
the crossroads of hamburgers.
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 G
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing,
Dm Am F - G
'cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing.
+ D - F#m - Bm - Bb - D - Gm
- D - Gm
+ D - F#m - Bm - Bb - D - Gm
- D - Gm - D
(David Bowie)