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The Theatre – Pet Shop Boys
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Written by: Tennant/Lowe
From: "Very" (1993)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Capo: 1st fret
For original chords transpose +1
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm/C x-3-x-2-3-1
A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0)
Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
[Intro]
| Dm | Dm/C | Bb | Bb C |
| Dm | Dm/C | Bb | Gm | Bb |
| Dm | Dm/C | Bb | Bb C |
| Dm | Dm/C | Bb | Gm | Bb | % |
N.C.
[Verse]
D
It's another world here
A/C# Bm
The streets are gleaming
G Bm7
I was even dreaming
F#m A
That they're paved with gold
[Bridge]
Bm A/C# D
Seventeen, at half past ten
Gmaj7 G6 [ Bm ]
All the crowds are surging past
Bm F#m A
An electric display
[Verse]
D
There's another world here
A/C# Bm
Below shop windows
G Bm7
Upon the pavement
F#m A
Where you wave goodbye
[Bridge]
Bm A/C# D
Boys and girls come too roost
Gmaj7 G6 [ Bm ]
From Northern parts and Scottish towns
Bm F#m A
Will we catch your eye?
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bb
While you pretend not to notice
Bb C
All the years we've been here
Dm Dm/C Bb
We're the bums you step over
Gm | Bb | % |
As you leave the theatre N.C
[Verse]
D
It's another world here
A/C# Bm
Somebody is singing (Yeah)
G Bm7
I was only wishing
F#m A
For a bit of cash
[Bridge]
Bm A/C# D
From a patron of the arts
Gmaj7 G6
Or at least the phantom of the opera
Bm F#m A
Will I catch your eye?
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bb
While you pretend not to notice
Bb C
All the years we've been here
Dm Dm/C Bb
We're the bums you step over
Gm | Bb |
As you leave the theatre
[Interlude]
| Dsus2 | % | % | % |
| Dsus2 | % | % | % |
[Verse] instrumental
| D | A/C# | Bm | Gmaj7 |
| Bm | F#m | A | % |
[Bridge]
Bm A/C# D
Pavarotti in the park
Gmaj7 G6 [ Bm ]
Then you walked back up the Strand
Bm F#m A
Did you catch my eye?
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bb
And then pretend not to notice
Bb C
All the years we've been here
Dm Dm/C Bb
We're the bums you step over
Gm | Bb |
As you leave the theatre
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bb
In the end you pretend
Bb C
Cause it's so much easier
Dm Dm/C Bb
We're the bums you step over
Gm | Bb |
As you leave the theatre
[Chorus]
| Dm | Dm/C | Bb | Bb C |
Dm Dm/C Bb
We're the bums you step over
Gm | Bb |
As you leave the theatre
[Outro]
| Dsus2 | % | % | % |
| Dsus2 | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)