Left To My Own Devices Chords by Pet Shop Boys
Tempo:
126.85 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Dm
A
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am] I get out of bed at half past ten, phone up a friend who's party animal, [Dm] drink some tea,
maybe a floor with me, maybe do some shopping.
[Am] One day I'll leave or learn to drive a car.
If you pass the test you can do the rest, but [Dm] I don't like to compete or talk street street street.
I can pick up the best from the party animal.
[A] I could leave you, [Bm] say goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [Bm] devices I [A] probably would.
[Am] Pick up the brochure, found the sun, learned to ignore what the photographer saw.
I was always [Dm] told that you should join a club, stick with the gang if you want to belong.
I [Am] was a lonely boy who spent his joy in a world of my own at the back of the garden.
I didn't want to [Dm] compete or play out on the street or learn a secret life.
I was a ranted general.
[A] I could leave you, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I [A] probably would.
[Am] Left in my own [D] devices I [F] probably [G] [Am] would.
Oh [F] I would.
[G] [Am]
[F] [C] [Am]
[F] [C] [Am]
I [F#m] was faced with a choice at a difficult age.
[F] Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard [Dm] distant feet.
[G] Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco [A#m] beat.
[F]
It's [Em] not a crime what you look, [C] the way you do, the way I like [Am] to picture you.
[Dm] When I get home, it's late at night, I pour a drink, wash the pints, [Am] turn off the TV,
look at a book, pick up the phone, pick some food.
[Dm] Maybe I'll sit up all night and day, waiting for the minute I hear you say.
[Am] [D]
[E] [Am] [A]
I could leave you, say [D] goodbye, or I could love you [E] if I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would.
Come on baby, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would.
[Am] Left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would.
Come on baby, [C] left in my own [Bm] devices I probably [A] would.
[C]
[Bm] [A]
[Am]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am] I get out of bed at half past ten, phone up a friend who's party animal, [Dm] drink some tea,
maybe a floor with me, maybe do some shopping.
[Am] One day I'll leave or learn to drive a car.
If you pass the test you can do the rest, but [Dm] I don't like to compete or talk street street street.
I can pick up the best from the party animal.
[A] I could leave you, [Bm] say goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [Bm] devices I [A] probably would.
[Am] Pick up the brochure, found the sun, learned to ignore what the photographer saw.
I was always [Dm] told that you should join a club, stick with the gang if you want to belong.
I [Am] was a lonely boy who spent his joy in a world of my own at the back of the garden.
I didn't want to [Dm] compete or play out on the street or learn a secret life.
I was a ranted general.
[A] I could leave you, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I [A] probably would.
[Am] Left in my own [D] devices I [F] probably [G] [Am] would.
Oh [F] I would.
[G] [Am]
[F] [C] [Am]
[F] [C] [Am]
I [F#m] was faced with a choice at a difficult age.
[F] Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard [Dm] distant feet.
[G] Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco [A#m] beat.
[F]
It's [Em] not a crime what you look, [C] the way you do, the way I like [Am] to picture you.
[Dm] When I get home, it's late at night, I pour a drink, wash the pints, [Am] turn off the TV,
look at a book, pick up the phone, pick some food.
[Dm] Maybe I'll sit up all night and day, waiting for the minute I hear you say.
[Am] [D]
[E] [Am] [A]
I could leave you, say [D] goodbye, or I could love you [E] if I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would.
Come on baby, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would.
[Am] Left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would.
Come on baby, [C] left in my own [Bm] devices I probably [A] would.
[C]
[Bm] [A]
[Am]
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[Am] I get out of bed at half past ten, phone up a friend who's party animal, [Dm] _ _ _ _ drink some tea,
maybe a floor with me, maybe do some shopping.
[Am] One day I'll leave or learn to drive a car.
If you pass the test you can do the rest, but [Dm] I don't like to compete or talk street street street.
I can pick up the best from the party animal.
[A] _ _ I could leave you, [Bm] say goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [Bm] devices I [A] probably would. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Pick up the brochure, found the sun, learned to ignore what the photographer saw.
I was always [Dm] told that you should join a club, stick with the gang if you want to belong.
I [Am] was a lonely boy who spent his joy in a world of my own at the back of the garden.
I didn't want to [Dm] compete or play out on the street or learn a secret life.
I was a ranted general.
[A] _ _ I could leave you, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I [A] probably would. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Left in my own [D] devices I [F] probably _ [G] _ [Am] would. _
Oh [F] I would.
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_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
I [F#m] was faced with a choice at a difficult age.
[F] Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard [Dm] distant feet.
[G] Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco [A#m] beat.
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It's [Em] not a crime what you look, [C] the way you do, the way I like [Am] to picture you.
[Dm] When I get home, it's late at night, I pour a drink, _ wash the pints, [Am] turn off the TV,
look at a book, _ pick up the phone, pick some food.
[Dm] Maybe I'll sit up all night and day, waiting for the minute I hear you say.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _
I could leave you, say [D] goodbye, or I could love you [E] if I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] _ would.
Come on baby, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
_ [Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ Left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] _ would.
Come on baby, _ _ [C] left in my own [Bm] devices I probably [A] would. _
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[Am] I get out of bed at half past ten, phone up a friend who's party animal, [Dm] _ _ _ _ drink some tea,
maybe a floor with me, maybe do some shopping.
[Am] One day I'll leave or learn to drive a car.
If you pass the test you can do the rest, but [Dm] I don't like to compete or talk street street street.
I can pick up the best from the party animal.
[A] _ _ I could leave you, [Bm] say goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [Bm] devices I [A] probably would. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Pick up the brochure, found the sun, learned to ignore what the photographer saw.
I was always [Dm] told that you should join a club, stick with the gang if you want to belong.
I [Am] was a lonely boy who spent his joy in a world of my own at the back of the garden.
I didn't want to [Dm] compete or play out on the street or learn a secret life.
I was a ranted general.
[A] _ _ I could leave you, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I [A] probably would. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Left in my own [D] devices I [F] probably _ [G] _ [Am] would. _
Oh [F] I would.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
I [F#m] was faced with a choice at a difficult age.
[F] Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard [Dm] distant feet.
[G] Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco [A#m] beat.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
It's [Em] not a crime what you look, [C] the way you do, the way I like [Am] to picture you.
[Dm] When I get home, it's late at night, I pour a drink, _ wash the pints, [Am] turn off the TV,
look at a book, _ pick up the phone, pick some food.
[Dm] Maybe I'll sit up all night and day, waiting for the minute I hear you say.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _
I could leave you, say [D] goodbye, or I could love you [E] if I tried, and I could.
[Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] _ would.
Come on baby, say [Bm] goodbye, or I could love you if [E] I tried, and I could.
_ [Am] And left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] would. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ Left in my own [D] devices I probably [A] _ would.
Come on baby, _ _ [C] left in my own [Bm] devices I probably [A] would. _
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