G*     355433
Bbm/Db x4332x
Am/C   x32210

[Intro]

Am  G   F
Am  Em  F
D   Db  F
C   Dm  Dm/F
Em

[Verse 1]

Am         G          F
Now you're talking in headlines
Am        Em         F
Up to the minute and free
      D                     Db
Stop, press, hold the front page
C      F
Up as a mirror
Am  Ebm/Gb  Dm/F    B7
Are you  –  reading me?
Em        D          C
Watch you walking in waltz time
  Em     Bm        C
A jigsaw puzzle in tune
   A    Ab  G*  C
Or are you faking a straight line?
   Bbm/Db   Am/C     Bm
To suit yourself too soon
Em     D              C
Rather nouveau than never
Em       Bm   C
Contemporary ideal
     A       Ab      G*        C
Some natural kind of poet might slow it
    G   Gdim    Am7    Abmaj7  G5
But she sells – more my speed

[Instrumental]

G      Em      G      Em
F      Dm      Em

[Verse 2]

Am        G           F
She sells country and modern
Am      Em      F
Ancient western song
   D  Db     F
Of or-iental confusion
Am     Ebm/Gb 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
 A  Ab  G*            C
Of the break that you're gliding
     G   Gdim    Am7    
Your lingerie's a gift-wrap
 Abmaj7  G5
Slip it to me

[Interlude]

G      Em      G      Em

[Bridge]

Cm
Nine till five, the daily grind
F
 Made-up lies, make up my mind
Dbmaj7
 Same machine
     C
Consuming me, consuming you

[Outro]

    F   C  Cdim   Dm7
Oh, why? – Oh, why?
        Dbmaj7 C
She sells,  –  I need
    F   C  Cdim   Dm7
Oh, why? – Oh, why?
        Dbmaj7 C
She sells,  –  I need
    F   C  Cdim   Dm7
Oh, why? – Oh, why?
        Dbmaj7 C
She sells,  –  I need
    F   C  Cdim   Dm7
Oh, why? – Oh, why?
        Dbmaj7 C
She sells,  –  I need
    F   C  Cdim   Dm7
Oh, why? – Oh, why?
        Dbmaj7 C
She sells,  –  I need