Alison Moyet (born Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet on 18 June 1961 - Billericay, Essex, England), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice.
Moyet was born to a French father and English mother. She grew up in Basildon, where she attended school. After leaving school at 16, she worked as a shop worker and a piano tuner. She was involved in a number of punk rock, pub rock and blues bands in the South East Essex area during the late 1970s and early 1980s
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[Verse 1] EmBmCAm You... took your time... to come back this time, EmBmBB7 The grass has grown under your feet--------, EmEmmaj7Em7/DEm6/C# In--- your absence, I changed... my mind, CAmB7 And someone else is sitting in your seat-----!
[Verse 2] EmBmCAm I know... that I said... there'd be no one else, EmBmBB7 I know that I said... I'd be true--------, EmEmmaj7Em7/DEm6/C# But, baby... I'm burning Cupid's arrow, and here's the short and narrow, CAmB7B7/F#B7 I've nothing left to offer you-----!
[Chorus] Em7A6Em7 I'm all... cried out, GAA7 You took a whole lot of loving for one hand full of noth - ing, Em7A6Em7G All... cried out, it's hard to give you something, AA4Em When you're pushing, and a - shoving me a - round!
[Verse 3] EmBmCAm So don't... look sur - prised... there was no disguise, EmBmBB7 You knew where I stood... from the start--------, EmEmmaj7 So... stop... look around you, Em7/DEm6/C# You're right back where I found you, CAmB7B7/F#B7 Take back your cold, and empty heart----!
[Chorus] Em7A6Em7 All... cried out, GAA7 You took a whole lot of loving for one hand full of noth - ing, Em7A6Em7G All-- cried--- out, it's hard to give you something, AA4 When you're pushing, and a - shoving!
[Chorus] Em7A6Em7 I'm all... cried out, GAA7 You took a whole------- lot of loving--------, Em7A6Em7G I'm all---- cried---- out-----, it's hard to give you something, AA4Em When you're pushing, and a - shoving me a - round, around, around, around, around,
Em A - round, around, around, around, around!
[Bridge] EmD/F#GAEmD You... go... your--- way, and I'll... go... mine, (You go your way----, I'll go mine-----!)
EmGACAmAm7BB7 I won't stay around here, don't you waste my time-------------! (I won't stay around here---! Waste my time!)
[Chorus] Em7A6Em7GAA7 All--- cried--- out---, you took a whole lot of loving for one hand full of noth - ing, Em7A6Em7G All--- cried--- out---, it's hard to give you something, AA4 When you're pushing, and a - shoving!
[Chorus] Em7A6Em7GAA7 All... cried out, you took a whole------- lot of loving--------, Em7A6Em7GA I'm... all---- cried---- out-----, it's hard to give you something, when you're pushing, A4Em And A - shoving me A - round! A7EmA7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | ^ ^ [Break] Em7GA7 ||: / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / :|| [Repeat] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^