[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It's not right,
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but it's now or never
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And if I wa-a-a-ait
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could I ever forgive myself?
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On a night
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when the moon glows yellow in the riptide
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With the li-i-i-ight
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from the TVs buzzing in the house
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Cause I'm gonna cut it where I can
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And then I'm gonna duck out behind them
F# G#m
If I ever had a chance it's now then
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But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
[Pre-chorus]
F# G#m C#7
To offer it to you would be cruel
F# G#m C#7
When all I want to do is use, use you
[Chorus 1]
F#
He was a diplomat's son
G#m C# C#7
It was ‘eighty-one,
F#
He was a diplomat's son
G#m C# C#7
It was ‘eighty-one, oh-oh-oh-oh
F# G#m C# C#7
F# G#m C# C#7
[Verse 2]
F# G#m C#
Dressed in white
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with my car keys hidden in the kitchen
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I could sleep
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wherever I lay my head
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And the sight
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of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub
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Let me know
C#7 F#
that I shouldn't give up just yet
F# G#m
Cause I'm gonna take it from Simon
C# C#7
And then I'm gonna duck out behind them
F# G#m
If I ever had a chance it's now then
C# C#7 F# G#m7 C#7
But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
[Pre-chorus]
F# G#m C#
To offer it to you would be cruel
C#7 F# G#m C# C#7
When all I want to do is use, use you
[Chorus 1]
F#
He was a diplomat's son
G#m C# C#7
It was ‘eighty-one,
F#
He was a diplomat's son
G#m C# C#7
It was ‘eighty-one, oh-oh-oh-oh
[Bridge]
B F# F# C#7
B F# F# C#7
B F#
I know, you'll say
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I'm not doing it right
B F#
But this is how I want it
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B F#
I can't go back
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To how I felt before
[Verse 3]
F# G#m
That night I smoked a joint
C#
With my best friend
C#7 F#
We found ourselves in bed
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When I woke up he was gone
[Chorus 2]
F# G#m
He was a diplomat's son
C# C#7
It was ‘eighty-one,
F# G#m
He was a diplomat's son
C# C#7
It was ‘eighty-one
[Instrumental break]
F# G#m C# C#7
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B F# F# C#7
B F# F# C#7
[Outro]
F# G#m C#
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Looking out
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at the ice cold water all around me
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I can't feel
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any traces of that other place
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In the dark
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when the wind comes racing off the river
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There's a car
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all black with diplomatic plates
