Hyperactive Chords by Thomas Dolby

_ _ _ _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _
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Tell me about your childhood. _ _ _ _
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Since I was ten [E] or eight or three, [B] I was cooked to [Em] a [D#] machine, just [E] to keep my mouth from spouting jokes.
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[D#] They must [B] have took [E] me for a fool, [F#m] cause they chucked [E] me out [D#] of school, [E] cause the teacher knew I [E] had the part.
[A] _
[G#m] But [A] tonight I'm on the edge, better shut me in the fridge, cause I'm burning up, _ burning, burning [B] up.
With the [A] vision in my brain, and the music in my face, [E] and the day _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _
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[D#] when [A] I'm gone.
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[G#] _ [A] I'll burst with laughter, [F#m] cause I'm the one that's [E] gonna have [C#] fun.
[D] With the lights and [F#m] the night, [E] now, I'm in and out of. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _
[G#m] _ [F#m] _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ And [A] I'm lasting with my [B] [F#m] heart.
_ [D#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] If [A] I'm lasting with [B] my [A] heart.
_ Tell me more about your life.
[C#m] _ _
Ripping, ripping, ripping, ripping, ripping me [Bm] apart.
_ [C#m]
Cellophane, [A] manhole, metal disc, _ _ TV, hockey, [F#m] rhythm of [D#] the heart, music [E] of the street.
[F#m] There [E] isn't any rapper, there isn't any rapper, _ rapper, rapper, [A] rapper.
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] I can [A] reach into your heart, like an itch in your head, oh, stupid time.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] I'm the shape in your back room, I'm the [A] freezer on the phone.
And I burn, _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] [A] but there's one thing I must say, before they lock me up [F#] again.
[F#m] You'd be safer at the bar, [B] _ _ _ when [A] I'm having _ [C#m] a blast.
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_ _ _ _ With the life deep down I'm lost, [E] with [F#m] the life deep down the day is [E] long.
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[F#m] _ _ _ With the deep in your bones, with the night is young.
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With the life deep down _ [F#m] _ _ I'm lost, with the life deep down the day is [A] long. _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _