Standard Tuning EADGBe
Verse 1:
B F#
Well she said I know but I just can't tell everything you've just been saying
B F#
Lucy was there as well in the dark, the kids in the band were playing
B F#
No one can hear a word or tell what the girl was singing
B F#
See she must've been 16 or 18, I'm just past caring
Pre-Chorus 1:
B G#m C#m F#
She was into the Stones when I was into the Roses
B G#m C#m F#
She was breaking my bones when I was bursting their noses
B G#m C#m F#
She would tell me a secret, I would lose it the next day
B G#m C#m F#
Young love pleases you easy, makes you sick in a bad way
Chorus 1:
D# G#m D# G#m
And all the while the girls sang, la la la la and she sang
D# G#m D# G#m F# E
Kickings for my sweetheart, bruises that I just don't miss...
Em
And she said "I can't love you anymore than this!"
B F# B F#
Verse 2:
B F#
Aw she said she said no no no no, then again yes why don't you kill me?
B F#
He asked him why you messed up right there, sweetheart you know that don't thrill me
B F#
Said I would've been there for if you had been a little bit nicer
B F#
I was dead by Sunday half dead scared just trying to please her
Pre-Chorus 2:
B G#m C#m F#
She getting the pills when I was into her best friend
B G#m C#m F#
She was chasing the thrills and living down at the West End
B G#m C#m F#
She was pretty in braces, I lived under her window
B G#m C#m F#
She said "take me to London", tell me something I don't know
Chorus 2:
D# G#m D# G#m
And all the while the girls sang, la la la la and she sang
D# G#m D# G#m F# E
Kickings for my sweetheart, bruises that I just don't miss...
Em
And she said "I can't love you anymore than this!"
[Instrumental Break]
Pre-Chorus 3 (same as 1):
B G#m C#m F#
She was into the Stones when I was into the Roses
B G#m C#m F#
She was breaking my bones when I was bursting their noses
B G#m C#m F#
She would tell me a secret, I would lose it the next day
B G#m C#m F#
Young love pleases you easy, makes you sick in a bad way
Chorus 3:
D# G#m D# G#m
And all the while the girls sang, la la la la and she sang
D# G#m D# G#m F# E
Kickings for my sweetheart, bruises that I just don't miss...
Em B
And she said I don't like you, you can't stand me, I can't love you anymore than this!
(end)
