Em
White door ninth floor silent number
D
It's autumn on a cold avenue
G
Telex intercept, he sips a cigarette
A               C
Warms up his VDU

Em
He gets his kicks from microchips
D
His orders from the CIA
G
Biro bugs and lasers, casual surveillance
A                           C
Of boardrooms and communiqués

B
Don't use your phone and don't use mine
                                          A
Don't speak treason, they're tapping the lines

Em                   C       D  G
Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Em                   C  G     D
Everything is legal, anything goes
Em                                 C   D    G
The nights getting darker and the ill wind blows
A                            C  D
Your life's in a databank in AB O

Em
Trained in the ghettos of Lebanon
D
Truncheons and an M16
G
Sellin' scag, UN flag
         A                C
Now he's trading in securities

Em
Darwin rendezvous, B52
D
Trench coat’s slightly creased
G
From a coup in Asia, US Air Force Major
A                     C
Buying dirty laundry, swearing it's for peace

B
Infiltration, we'll never know
                                         A
Just like Chile but the bruises don't show

Em                   C       D  G
Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Em                   C  G     D
Everything is legal, anything goes
Em                                 C   D    G
The nights getting darker and the ill wind blows
A                            C  D
Your life's in a databank in AB O


[Bridge]

D A G B


[Solo] 

Em C A G B x 4

Em
Spook behind the bar, unmarked car
D
Rumours hang like stale perfume
G
Flushin' under beds, sniffin' out the reds
A                    C
Nobody can feel immune

Em
And no names no stress no blame no press
D
Clean when the dirty work's done
G
Allocate a budget, special branch thug
A                       C
Do it for the fractures, do it for the fun

B
Midnight Flashlight, a crash on the door
                                        A
The rats on the table, blood on the floor

Em                   C       D  G
Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Em                   C  G     D
Everything is legal, anything goes
Em                                 C   D    G
The nights getting darker and the ill wind blows

(pause)

A                            C  D
Your life's in a databank in AB O


Em, C, A, G, B x 2

B       A      G