Year: 1975 - Album: Siren
Written by Bryan Ferry/Eddie Jobson
Intro Am G F Am Em F D C# F C Dm Dm/F EmInstrumental G Em G Em F Dm EmVerse 1:
Am G F Now you're talking in headlines Am Em F Up to the minute and free D C# Stop, press, hold the front page F Up as a mirror Am Ebm/F# Dm/F B7 Are you ? reading me? Em D C Watch you walking in waltz time Em Bm C A jigsaw puzzle in tune Ab G* C Or are you faking a straight line? Bbm/C# Am/C Bm To suit yourself too soon Em D C Rather nouveau than never Em Bm C Contemporary ideal Ab G* C Some natural kind of poet might slow it G Bb7 Am7 D7 G But she sells ? more my speedInterlude: G Em G EmVerse 2:
Am G F She sells country and modern Am Em F Ancient western song D C# F Of or-iental confusion Am Ebm/F# Dm/F B7 You so right, me so wrong Em D C Now, you're fixing to fly me Em Bm C Auto-erotic, please Ab G* C Of the break that you're gliding G Bb7 Am7 Your lingerie's a gift-wrap D7 G Slip it to meOutro F7 C Oh, why? ? Oh, why? C#maj7 C She sells, ? I need F7 C Oh, why? ? Oh, why? C#maj7 C She sells, ? I need F7 C Oh, why? ? Oh, why? C#maj7 C She sells, ? I need F7 C Oh, why? ? Oh, why? C#maj7 C She sells, ? I need F7 C Oh, why? ? Oh, why? C#maj7 C She sells, ? I needBridge:
Cm Nine till five, the daily grind F Made-up lies, make up my mind C#maj7 Same machine C Consuming me, consuming you