Chords for Thick As Thieves (Peel Session, London / 1979)
Tempo:
79.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[A]
Time is so [D] tough, and it's coming back [A] now.
[A] We were so [D] close, but nothing came [F#m] between us.
[G#] in a personal [E] situation.
[A] But you squeezed [D] us, so we could get up [A] all night.
And we made [D] it, but it took a long [F#] while.
[B] We stole, [G#] the friendship that [E] bound us together.
[A]
Time is so [D] tough, and it's coming back [A] now.
[A] We were so [D] close, but nothing came [F#m] between us.
[G#] in a personal [E] situation.
[A] But you squeezed [D] us, so we could get up [A] all night.
And we made [D] it, but it took a long [F#] while.
[B] We stole, [G#] the friendship that [E] bound us together.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Time is so [D] tough, and it's coming back [A] now.
[F#] _ _
_ [A] We were so [D] close, but nothing came [F#m] between us.
[Bm] All alone, [G#] in a personal _ [E] situation. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] But you squeezed [D] us, so we could get up [A] all night.
_ _ _ And we made [D] it, but it took a long [F#] while.
[B] We stole, [G#] the friendship that [E] bound us together. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Stole from the [E] schools and their libraries.
[A] We stole from the [E] drugs that set us [A] asleep.
We stole from the [E] dreams that made us sick.
[A] We stole anything [E] that we could keep, [F#m] and it wasn't enough.
[G#m]
You'd have to [A] spoil anything,
[B] knowing we're as thick as [A] thieves.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m]
Like a [A] perfect stranger, [C#m] you came [E] into my life.
[C#m] And like a [A] perfect night ranger, [B] you told me to run away.
Run away, [G#]
run away, run [A] away.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] We stole from the [E] girls in the brick house.
[A] We stole our time from the [E] insanity.
Somebody's child.
[A] We stole the shine of the queen.
[E] This is you, our pretty [A] star.
We stole everything [E] that we could see, [F#m] and it wasn't enough.
[G#m] But now we've got to [A] spoil everything,
[B] knowing we're no longer thick as [C#m]
thieves.
[A] _ _ [C#m] You came [E] into my life,
[C#m]
you're like a perfect [A] stranger.
[B] You walked away, walked away, [G#] walked away, walked away.
[A] You squeezed [D] us, so we could get up all [A] night.
_ _ _ And we met [D] dates, but it's not how it's [F#m] explored.
We [B] stole [G#] the friendship that bound us [E] together. _
_ _ _ We stole [A] the burning sun in the open sky.
We stole the twinkling [E] stars in the black night.
[A] We stole the green [E] battlefields that made us believe.
[A] We stole everything [E] that we could [A] see.
But you said that I'm alone, [E] you can't stop my [A] soul.
Now we know what [E] dinner does, no one [A] knows.
And we don't belong in the brush, get it?
While we watch the [E] newcomers flee, so [A] why?
Now we're no [E] longer as thick as [A] they know.
We're not as thick as we used to be, no.
We're no [E] longer as thick as they [A] know.
We're not as [E] thick as we used to [F#m] be.
And now it wasn't [G#m] enough.
And now we've got [A] to spoil everything.
[B] Now we're no longer thick as [A] thieves. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Time is so [D] tough, and it's coming back [A] now.
[F#] _ _
_ [A] We were so [D] close, but nothing came [F#m] between us.
[Bm] All alone, [G#] in a personal _ [E] situation. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] But you squeezed [D] us, so we could get up [A] all night.
_ _ _ And we made [D] it, but it took a long [F#] while.
[B] We stole, [G#] the friendship that [E] bound us together. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Stole from the [E] schools and their libraries.
[A] We stole from the [E] drugs that set us [A] asleep.
We stole from the [E] dreams that made us sick.
[A] We stole anything [E] that we could keep, [F#m] and it wasn't enough.
[G#m]
You'd have to [A] spoil anything,
[B] knowing we're as thick as [A] thieves.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m]
Like a [A] perfect stranger, [C#m] you came [E] into my life.
[C#m] And like a [A] perfect night ranger, [B] you told me to run away.
Run away, [G#]
run away, run [A] away.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] We stole from the [E] girls in the brick house.
[A] We stole our time from the [E] insanity.
Somebody's child.
[A] We stole the shine of the queen.
[E] This is you, our pretty [A] star.
We stole everything [E] that we could see, [F#m] and it wasn't enough.
[G#m] But now we've got to [A] spoil everything,
[B] knowing we're no longer thick as [C#m]
thieves.
[A] _ _ [C#m] You came [E] into my life,
[C#m]
you're like a perfect [A] stranger.
[B] You walked away, walked away, [G#] walked away, walked away.
[A] You squeezed [D] us, so we could get up all [A] night.
_ _ _ And we met [D] dates, but it's not how it's [F#m] explored.
We [B] stole [G#] the friendship that bound us [E] together. _
_ _ _ We stole [A] the burning sun in the open sky.
We stole the twinkling [E] stars in the black night.
[A] We stole the green [E] battlefields that made us believe.
[A] We stole everything [E] that we could [A] see.
But you said that I'm alone, [E] you can't stop my [A] soul.
Now we know what [E] dinner does, no one [A] knows.
And we don't belong in the brush, get it?
While we watch the [E] newcomers flee, so [A] why?
Now we're no [E] longer as thick as [A] they know.
We're not as thick as we used to be, no.
We're no [E] longer as thick as they [A] know.
We're not as [E] thick as we used to [F#m] be.
And now it wasn't [G#m] enough.
And now we've got [A] to spoil everything.
[B] Now we're no longer thick as [A] thieves. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _