xEm Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em Listen to the sounds of ringing out around you Bm These are the cries of the dying beat Em Politics of hate you'd never get around to Bm Blood over brains that we never need Em I saw you in the back, studied and relaxed Bm Fixed in the post like a silent stone Em Serenity in tact, it's the feeling that I lack Bm Life in the floors of a stable home G D I can trace you on paper like a sketch of a smell G D You're what breath to a runner in contest G F# Bm In close to the nerve, but you rest so far away G A And I have to give it up someday D A G Every time I close my eyes, I see you in front of me F#m Em Pretending in a love like this D A Em I have no choice but to put you in back of me G A Don't cover my footsteps Bm G Dead weight all right, I know you're no good for me Bm G Dead weight all right, I know you're no righteous leader D A Em You're dead weight all right, that's fine, but get your hands off me G You have to touch me with kid gloves Bm You have to touch me with kid gloves Em Bm Em Bm By me to the wind, you talk me out of standstill I never felt so alive at once Finger to the quick, yes I can feel your hand still Pressed to the drain of the common months Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a miserable f*** Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a tireless boy Cheer me up, cheer me, I'm invisibly stuck all in myself You sound of vanity whore Beause it's race and it's power at the center of life We abide to the people who need us But you're the kind of person who could understand that fault And I hope to measure you someday Every time I close my eyes, I see you in front of me Pretending in a love like this I have no choice but to put you in back of me Don't cover my footsteps Dead weight all right, I know you're no good for me Dead weight all right, I know you're no righteous leader Dead weight all right, that's fine, you get your hands off me You have to touch me with kid gloves You have to touch me with kid gloves SOLO: (see below) Em C G F Em Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a miserable f*** C Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a tireless boy G F Cheer me up, cheer me, I'm invisibly stuck all in myself You sound of vanity whore Em Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a miserable f*** C Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a tireless boy Bm When you compromise yourself like that A It's dead occassion Bm So even on friendship (?) D G Dead weight all right, I know you're no good for me D G Dead weight all right, I know you're no righteous leader Bm G Dead weight all right, that's fine, but get your hands off me D You have to touch me with kid gloves Bm Bm Bm You have to touch me with kid gloves SOLO: e|---------------------------------|---|-------------------| b|------------------------------10-|---|-------------------| g|-----7h9s11-----7h9s11-b12r11----|---|-----7h9s11-----7~-| d|-7h9--------7h9------------------|-x3|-7h9-----12-7h9----| a|---------------------------------|---|-------------------| e|---------------------------------|---|-------------------| e|----------------------|---|----------------------| b|----------------------|---|----------------------| g|----7-11----7-11----7-|---|----7----7----77---7~-| d|-7h9-9---7h9-9---7h9--|-x2|-7h9--7h9--7h9---9----| a|----------------------|---|----------------------| e|----------------------|---|----------------------| Cheers.