Lifetime Piling Up Chords by Talking Heads

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I [G] have tried number [E] one and I get nervous every time.
[G] They will come a [Am]-knockin' at the door. _
_ [G] Why is [Am] everybody makin' eyes [E] at me?
_ [G] I don't want to [A] know. _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] Excuse and [E] pardon me.
[G] Stay [A] in for a while.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] Maybe we'll meet _ _ again.
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I can see my life I'm [G] pilin' up.
[Am]
I can see the [Dm] days turnin' into nights.
I [Am] can see the [A] people [G] on the streets.
[Am] Open those [Dm] windows up.
[G] _ A hundred floors [Am] below me.
Piling those [Em] houses up.
[Am] _
Piling them higher.
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I [Am] can feel them [Dm] swayin' back and [Em] forth. _
[Am] Building it higher and [G] higher. _
Skyward leaning over.
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I got [G] bad coordination.
_ [E] Stuck a pencil in my eye.
[G] I can hardly [A] wait to get back home.
_ _ Why is everybody [E] gettin' _ paranoid?
I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ Stumberg's name's [E]
Superstar.
_ _ [G] Tell [Am] me your name's_
_ [A] _ I'll [Am] make a [E] bet you're [G] both the same.
[Am] _ _
I can see my life I'm [G] pilin' up.
[Dm] Reaching [Am] from my bedroom to the [F]
stars.
I can [Am] see the house where I [G] was born.
When [Am] I was [Dm] growin' up.
[G] They say that I [Am] could never keep [Dm] my [Em] trousers up.
[Am] I remember days and [Dm] [G] crazy nights.
Are [Am] there any pirates [Dm] [Em] on this ship?
[Am] And if they [Dm] sober up.
[G] _
They'll have us home [F#] by morning.
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[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
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[Em] _ [D] Crack, crack, crack. _ _ _
It's [Am] just you and I. _ _ _
Like in all the [E] movies. _ _
If you're on a boat.
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Or on [C] a _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] taxi machine.
[E] _ _
All the passengers scream, scream, scream.
I can see [Am] my life [G] I'm pilin' up.
[D] I can [Am] see it [Dm] smashin' [Em] in the [F] air.
It was [Am] not an [Dm] accident [G] at [E] all.
Open [Am] your window.
[Dm] _ [G] _
I hear you laughin', [Am] goin' one, [Dm] two, three, [Em] four, five.
I'm [Am] goin' from the [Dm] bottom to [G] the top.
[Am] Maybe I'm [Dm] holdin' on [Em] too tight.
[Am] And now I'm [Dm] throwin' up.
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_ _ [Am] I'm feelin' paranoid.
_ [G] _
_ [Am] Piling them high.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ Buildin' [A] that [Dm] highway to [G] the stars.
[Am] Turn the [Dm] music up.
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