Biography:
Scritti Politti is a musical group that was formed in 1977 in Leeds, England, being primarily a vehicle for singer-songwriter Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer on 22 June 1956, Cardiff, Wales). Initially a left-wing-inspired post-punk rock act, the band developed into a more new wave and mainstream pop based project in the early to mid-80s (following two heavy lineup changes). The group's most successful album, 1985's 'Cupid & Psyche 85'
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Most bizarre chords I've ever encountered in a pop song. Please leave a comment if you have a correction.
F# F#/E F# F#/B x2
Bb /D Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Bb /D Eb Ab Eb/G
Verse: (same as intro)
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
I took a backseat, a backhander, I took her back to her room
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
I better get back to the basics for you, oh yeah
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
You gotta conscience, compassion, you got a way with the word
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G F/G
You gotta heart full of complacency too
I don't have a purpose omission, I'm empty by definition
I got a lack girl that you'd love to be
You wanna diva a deduction, you wanna do what they do
F/G
Wanna do damage that you can undo
C D/G A/F# E/F#
Apart from everyone away from your love
C D/E G/E F/G A/B C#/B
A part of me belongs apart from all the hurt above
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a justification
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a certain a maybe
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
I took a day job amendment, I took a liking to you
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
I took a page out of my rulebook for you
You wanna message a confession, you wanna martyr me too
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
You wanna margin of error for two
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Maybe tomorrow the next letter or when the weather gets better
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
I made an offer, an exception, I made a sense out of you
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G F/G
You took a good look at your book but I knew
C D/G A/F# E/F#
In times of tenderness in terms baby so true
C D/E G/E F/G A/B C#/B
Until such time as I can understand all the things you do
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a justification
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a certain a maybe
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy
Piano interlude:
C /E F C Bb
C /E F Bb7
C /E F C Bb
C /E F Bb7
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Want to forgive you for all the things that you do
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
Wanna forget how to remember with you
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Maybe tomorrow the next letter or when the weather gets better
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G F/G
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue
C D/G A/F# E/F#
Apart from everyone away from your love
C D/E G/E F/G A/B C#/B
A part of me belongs apart from all the hurt above
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a justification
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a certain a maybe
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy
F# E B
A perfect way
F# E B
A perfect way
F# E B
I got a perfect way
F# F#/E F# F#/B x2
Bb /D Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Bb /D Eb Ab Eb/G
Verse: (same as intro)
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
I took a backseat, a backhander, I took her back to her room
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
I better get back to the basics for you, oh yeah
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
You gotta conscience, compassion, you got a way with the word
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G F/G
You gotta heart full of complacency too
I don't have a purpose omission, I'm empty by definition
I got a lack girl that you'd love to be
You wanna diva a deduction, you wanna do what they do
F/G
Wanna do damage that you can undo
C D/G A/F# E/F#
Apart from everyone away from your love
C D/E G/E F/G A/B C#/B
A part of me belongs apart from all the hurt above
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a justification
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a certain a maybe
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
I took a day job amendment, I took a liking to you
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
I took a page out of my rulebook for you
You wanna message a confession, you wanna martyr me too
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
You wanna margin of error for two
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Maybe tomorrow the next letter or when the weather gets better
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
I made an offer, an exception, I made a sense out of you
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G F/G
You took a good look at your book but I knew
C D/G A/F# E/F#
In times of tenderness in terms baby so true
C D/E G/E F/G A/B C#/B
Until such time as I can understand all the things you do
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a justification
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a certain a maybe
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy
Piano interlude:
C /E F C Bb
C /E F Bb7
C /E F C Bb
C /E F Bb7
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Want to forgive you for all the things that you do
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
Wanna forget how to remember with you
Bb Eb Fsus4 C7/E Ab Eb/G
Maybe tomorrow the next letter or when the weather gets better
Bb Eb Ab Eb/G F/G
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue
C D/G A/F# E/F#
Apart from everyone away from your love
C D/E G/E F/G A/B C#/B
A part of me belongs apart from all the hurt above
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a justification
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make a certain a maybe
F# E B
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy
F# E B
A perfect way
F# E B
A perfect way
F# E B
I got a perfect way
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