Title Track
Intro:
E B C♯m
A E B
F♯m E G♯m C♯m B
E
All of the
All of the
B
stage names e
stage names e
C♯m
vaporate, and it’s just a
vaporate, and it’s just a
A
blood-flushed and
blood-flushed and
E
heart-rushing
heart-rushing
B
race
race
either to
F♯m
kick off too
kick off too
E
soon or
soon or
G♯m
stick round too t
stick round too t
C♯m
late, to be
late, to be
A
far too dear or too cut-
far too dear or too cut-
B
rate
rate
Hold my
F♯m
hand again, like at
hand again, like at
B
the lake.
the lake.
Hold that
F♯m
mirror, babe, up to m
mirror, babe, up to m
B
y face.
y face.
Hear the
F♯m
whippoorwill? Am I
whippoorwill? Am I
A
breathing still?
breathing still?
E B C♯m
A E B
F♯m E G♯m C♯m B
A
E
Hollywood
Hollywood
B
Babylon
Babylon
C♯m
bike-a-thon for breakdancers
bike-a-thon for breakdancers
A
all broken
all broken
E
down in their
down in their
B
beds,
beds,
F♯m
now intra
now intra
E
venously
venously
B
fed from a
fed from a
F♯m
bag hanging
bag hanging
E
over their
over their
B
heads.
heads.
Can I put you
F♯m
down for some miles? What do you
down for some miles? What do you
B
say?
say?
Because don’t you
F♯m
know it’s going to be a long, long
know it’s going to be a long, long
B
way.
way.
But if you’ve
F♯m
got the cash, I’m ready to
got the cash, I’m ready to
A
bust my ass.
bust my ass.
E B C♯m
A E B
F♯m E G♯m C♯m B
So
E
take this thin,
take this thin,
B
broken-down
broken-down
C♯m
circus clown reject and
circus clown reject and
A
give her the
give her the
E
name of a
name of a
B
queen.
queen.
Don’t I
F♯m
know her from th
know her from th
E
e mezzani
e mezzani
B
ne? Well, she didn’t
ne? Well, she didn’t
F♯m
look like no pr
look like no pr
E
incess to m
incess to m
B
e.
e.
But with the
F♯m
proper words
proper words
B
bestowed,
bestowed,
and with her
F♯m
morning shoot, and her evening
morning shoot, and her evening
B
clothes,
clothes,
don’t call her a
F♯m
prostitute — she ain’t one of
prostitute — she ain’t one of
B
those —
those —
Just call her a
F♯m
proper little statue come un
proper little statue come un
A
froze.
froze.
same chords as intro, minus the last B
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