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Buildings Have Eyes – Electric Light Orchestra
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Electric Light Orchestra
Buildings Have Eyes (1983)
(Lynne)
B-Side of 45’ "Secret Messages"
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MAIN RIFF (intro/verse)
G F
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|------------2-2-|
D|--------3-3-----|
A|----5-5---------|
E|3-3-------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
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INTRO
(keyboard only)
| RIFF | % | % |
(full band)
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
VERSE
G F G F | G F | G F |
Pretty pretty are the girls as they go by
G F G F | G F | G F |
Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky
G F G F
The windows watch you as you walk along
G F G F
And the streets lead back to where you started from
CHORUS
C Em
The city’s watching and you can't get by
F Am G/B [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too
C Em
This place is lonely but you can't get away
F Am G/B [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo
INTERLUDE
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
VERSE
G F G F | G F | G F |
Silly silly are the thoughts that fill your head
VERSE
G F G F | G F | G F |
Wish I'd never set out, wish I'd stayed in bed
G F G F
You see reflections from across the street
G F G F
So you better start movin' stop draggin' your feet
CHORUS
C Em
The city’s watching and you can't get by
F Am G/B [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too
C Em
This place is lonely but you can't get away
F Am G/B [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo
INTERLUDE
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
VERSE
G F G F | G F | G F |
Money money, gotta get some money and run
G F G F | G F | G F |
It's an issue I find unenviable
G F G F
It doesn't matter which way you turn
G F G F
But you gotta keep trying cause you never learn
CHORUS
C Em
The city’s watching and you can't get by
F Am G/B [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too
C Em
This place is lonely but you can't get away
F Am G/B [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo
INTERLUDE
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
VERSE
G F G F | G F | G F |
Funny funny how the world goes round and round
G F G F | G F | G F |
You better watch your step don't make a sound
G F G F
The windows watch you as you walk along
G F G F
And the streets lead back to where you started from
CHORUS
C Em
The city’s watching and you can't get by
F Am G/B [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too
C Em
This place is lonely but you can't get away
F Am G/B [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo
OUTRO
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
G F | G F |
Pretty pretty
G F | G F |
Chilly chilly
G F | G F |
Silly silly
G F | G F |
Money money
G F | G F |
Funny, funny
| G F | G F | G F | G F |
(fade out)